DEA vs. ALEX, PMT, AIV, NTST, TWO, JBGS, UMH, AAT, ALX, and MFA
Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), NETSTREIT (NTST), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), UMH Properties (UMH), American Assets Trust (AAT), Alexander's (ALX), and MFA Financial (MFA). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) and Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Easterly Government Properties pays out 530.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexander & Baldwin pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Easterly Government Properties currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.93%. Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Easterly Government Properties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than Alexander & Baldwin.
Alexander & Baldwin has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Easterly Government Properties. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Easterly Government Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexander & Baldwin received 33 more outperform votes than Easterly Government Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 20.25% compared to Easterly Government Properties' net margin of 6.77%. Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity of 4.76% beat Easterly Government Properties' return on equity.
86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Easterly Government Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Easterly Government Properties and 2 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Easterly Government Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of 0.23 indicating that Easterly Government Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Alexander & Baldwin beats Easterly Government Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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