BRX vs. EQR, IRM, WY, ARE, SBAC, VTR, ESS, MAA, SUI, and DOC
Should you be buying Brixmor Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brixmor Property Group include Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), SBA Communications (SBAC), Ventas (VTR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), and Healthpeak Properties (DOC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) and Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Equity Residential pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brixmor Property Group pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity Residential has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Brixmor Property Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Equity Residential has higher revenue and earnings than Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Residential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equity Residential presently has a consensus target price of $68.22, suggesting a potential upside of 7.65%. Brixmor Property Group has a consensus target price of $25.13, suggesting a potential upside of 17.13%. Given Equity Residential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than Equity Residential.
92.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Equity Residential shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equity Residential has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brixmor Property Group had 1 more articles in the media than Equity Residential. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Brixmor Property Group and 8 mentions for Equity Residential. Brixmor Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Equity Residential's score of 0.49 indicating that Equity Residential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equity Residential received 61 more outperform votes than Brixmor Property Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.06% of users gave Brixmor Property Group an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Equity Residential an outperform vote.
Equity Residential has a net margin of 31.70% compared to Equity Residential's net margin of 22.47%. Equity Residential's return on equity of 9.84% beat Brixmor Property Group's return on equity.
Summary
Equity Residential beats Brixmor Property Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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