EPRT vs. ESS, MAA, SUI, DOC, AMH, KIM, HST, UDR, WPC, and GLPI
Should you be buying Essential Properties Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essential Properties Realty Trust include Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Kimco Realty (KIM), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), UDR (UDR), W. P. Carey (WPC), and Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) and Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
96.5% of Essex Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Essex Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $9.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Essex Property Trust pays out 119.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 92.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essex Property Trust has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Essential Properties Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Essential Properties Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Essex Property Trust had 8 more articles in the media than Essential Properties Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Essex Property Trust and 7 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust. Essential Properties Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Essex Property Trust's score of 1.04 indicating that Essex Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Essex Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $257.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.95%. Essential Properties Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $28.64, indicating a potential upside of 6.93%. Given Essex Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Essential Properties Realty Trust is more favorable than Essex Property Trust.
Essex Property Trust received 528 more outperform votes than Essential Properties Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.46% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave Essex Property Trust an outperform vote.
Essex Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Essential Properties Realty Trust. Essential Properties Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essex Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Essex Property Trust has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 51.34% compared to Essential Properties Realty Trust's net margin of 31.18%. Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity of 9.22% beat Essex Property Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Essex Property Trust beats Essential Properties Realty Trust on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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