CUZ vs. LXP, VNO, AAT, CTRE, APLE, HASI, SLG, IRT, MAC, and HHH
Should you be buying Cousins Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cousins Properties include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), American Assets Trust (AAT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), SL Green Realty (SLG), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Macerich (MAC), and Howard Hughes (HHH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Cousins Properties has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. Cousins Properties 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.
94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Cousins Properties pays out 261.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 1,300.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Cousins Properties and LXP Industrial Trust both received 269 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 56.39% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 4 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cousins Properties and 1 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. Cousins Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of 0.41 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cousins Properties currently has a consensus target price of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.40%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.95%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Cousins Properties.
Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cousins Properties has a net margin of 9.15% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 5.52%. Cousins Properties' return on equity of 1.62% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Cousins Properties beats LXP Industrial Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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