WSR vs. OLP, AAT, DHC, TRTX, GMRE, FPI, PKST, NYMT, INN, and UHT
Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include One Liberty Properties (OLP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Global Medical REIT (GMRE), Farmland Partners (FPI), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), and Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. One Liberty Properties pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 4 more articles in the media than One Liberty Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 0 mentions for One Liberty Properties. One Liberty Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.25 indicating that Whitestone REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Whitestone REIT received 113 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 59.71% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.
One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
One Liberty Properties presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. Whitestone REIT has a consensus target price of $13.63, indicating a potential upside of 19.73%. Given One Liberty Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Whitestone REIT is more favorable than One Liberty Properties.
36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
One Liberty Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Whitestone REIT. One Liberty Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitestone REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.67% compared to One Liberty Properties' net margin of 13.05%. Whitestone REIT's return on equity of 9.56% beat One Liberty Properties' return on equity.
Summary
One Liberty Properties beats Whitestone REIT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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