CWK vs. UE, IIPR, FOR, GTY, KW, CMTG, AHH, EFC, HPP, and TRNO
Should you be buying Cushman & Wakefield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cushman & Wakefield include Urban Edge Properties (UE), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Forestar Group (FOR), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Ellington Financial (EFC), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and Terreno Realty (TRNO). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) and Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Urban Edge Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cushman & Wakefield. Urban Edge Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Urban Edge Properties received 9 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.
94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cushman & Wakefield had 4 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield and 1 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. Urban Edge Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 0.54 indicating that Cushman & Wakefield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 63.27% compared to Urban Edge Properties' net margin of 0.13%. Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity of 24.36% beat Urban Edge Properties' return on equity.
Urban Edge Properties currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.45%. Cushman & Wakefield has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.88%. Given Cushman & Wakefield's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than Cushman & Wakefield.
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats Cushman & Wakefield on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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