EGP vs. STAG, FR, NNN, OHI, FRT, BRX, AGNC, COLD, RHP, and STWD
Should you be buying EastGroup Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EastGroup Properties include STAG Industrial (STAG), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), NNN REIT (NNN), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Starwood Property Trust (STWD). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 2 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for STAG Industrial and 4 mentions for EastGroup Properties. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 1.02 indicating that EastGroup Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
STAG Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $39.13, suggesting a potential upside of 7.55%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $184.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.93%. Given STAG Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EastGroup Properties is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
EastGroup Properties received 5 more outperform votes than STAG Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.92% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.
EastGroup Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. EastGroup Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. STAG Industrial has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and EastGroup Properties has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. STAG Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
STAG Industrial 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.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 36.36% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 24.92%. STAG Industrial's return on equity of 8.70% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.
Summary
EastGroup Properties beats STAG Industrial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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