FRT vs. NNN, ADC, KRG, KIM, MAC, SKT, EGP, OHI, CUBE, and BXP
Should you be buying Federal Realty Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Realty Investment Trust include NNN REIT (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Kimco Realty (KIM), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), and Boston Properties (BXP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT) and NNN REIT (NYSE:NNN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
NNN REIT has a net margin of 47.24% compared to Federal Realty Investment Trust's net margin of 20.55%. NNN REIT's return on equity of 9.53% beat Federal Realty Investment Trust's return on equity.
Federal Realty Investment Trust has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NNN REIT has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Federal Realty Investment Trust had 12 more articles in the media than NNN REIT. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Federal Realty Investment Trust and 2 mentions for NNN REIT. Federal Realty Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat NNN REIT's score of 0.42 indicating that Federal Realty Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NNN REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Federal Realty Investment Trust. NNN REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Realty Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Federal Realty Investment Trust received 36 more outperform votes than NNN REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.10% of users gave NNN REIT an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Federal Realty Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Federal Realty Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of $113.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. NNN REIT has a consensus price target of $44.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.56%. Given Federal Realty Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Federal Realty Investment Trust is more favorable than NNN REIT.
93.9% of Federal Realty Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of NNN REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Federal Realty Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of NNN REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Federal Realty Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. NNN REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Federal Realty Investment Trust pays out 155.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NNN REIT pays out 103.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NNN REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Federal Realty Investment Trust beats NNN REIT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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