ESRT vs. FR, HR, ADC, STWD, AIRC, RITM, KRG, EPRT, VNO, and RYN
Should you be buying Empire State Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire State Realty Trust include First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Agree Realty (ADC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Rithm Capital (RITM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to Empire State Realty Trust's net margin of 6.51%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 10.97% beat Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity.
Empire State Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $8.33, indicating a potential downside of 12.56%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $53.09, indicating a potential upside of 12.67%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than Empire State Realty Trust.
In the previous week, First Industrial Realty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust and 3 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of 0.84 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Industrial Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Empire State Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire State Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Industrial Realty Trust received 181 more outperform votes than Empire State Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.66% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 50.96% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
First Industrial Realty Trust beats Empire State Realty Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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