PLD vs. EGP, STAG, FR, TRNO, AMT, EQIX, WELL, SPG, PSA, and DLR
Should you be buying Prologis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prologis include EastGroup Properties (EGP), STAG Industrial (STAG), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Terreno Realty (TRNO), American Tower (AMT), Equinix (EQIX), Welltower (WELL), Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Prologis (NYSE:PLD) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Prologis pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Prologis pays out 112.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EastGroup Properties pays out 110.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Prologis had 12 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Prologis and 9 mentions for EastGroup Properties. Prologis' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.43 indicating that Prologis is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.5% of Prologis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Prologis shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held 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.
Prologis has a net margin of 38.73% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 36.36%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 8.70% beat Prologis' return on equity.
Prologis has higher revenue and earnings than EastGroup Properties. Prologis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Prologis currently has a consensus price target of $129.76, indicating a potential upside of 17.44%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $183.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.02%. Given Prologis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Prologis is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
Prologis received 481 more outperform votes than EastGroup Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.28% of users gave Prologis an outperform vote while only 58.07% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.
Prologis has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Prologis beats EastGroup Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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