WSR vs. LXP, AAT, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, ABR, OUT, and DEI
Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), and Douglas Emmett (DEI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Whitestone REIT. Whitestone REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust and LXP Industrial Trust both had 3 articles in the media. Whitestone REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of 0.35 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whitestone REIT received 47 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
Whitestone REIT has a net margin of 16.64% compared to Whitestone REIT's net margin of 5.52%. LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity of 5.77% beat Whitestone REIT's return on equity.
LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.41%. Whitestone REIT has a consensus price target of $13.63, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Whitestone REIT.
LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 1,300.0% 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 102.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Whitestone REIT has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
Whitestone REIT beats LXP Industrial Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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