DEA vs. KRG, EPRT, VNO, RYN, PECO, KRC, HASI, IRT, CTRE, and CUZ
Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and Cousins Properties (CUZ). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) and Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Easterly Government Properties pays out 530.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Kite Realty Group Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Easterly Government Properties. Easterly Government Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kite Realty Group Trust has a net margin of 6.83% compared to Easterly Government Properties' net margin of 6.77%. Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity of 1.56% beat Easterly Government Properties' return on equity.
Kite Realty Group Trust received 47 more outperform votes than Easterly Government Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.05% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kite Realty Group Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Easterly Government Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust and 4 mentions for Easterly Government Properties. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of 1.06 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Easterly Government Properties presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus price target of $26.40, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Easterly Government Properties.
Summary
Kite Realty Group Trust beats Easterly Government Properties on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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