NSA vs. CDP, HIW, NHI, BNL, LXP, SITC, MPW, ABR, HASI, and OUT
Should you be buying National Storage Affiliates Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Storage Affiliates Trust include COPT Defense Properties (CDP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), National Health Investors (NHI), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), SITE Centers (SITC), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and OUTFRONT Media (OUT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has a net margin of 22.07% compared to COPT Defense Properties' net margin of -16.83%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 10.30% beat COPT Defense Properties' return on equity.
National Storage Affiliates Trust received 265 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, National Storage Affiliates Trust had 8 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust and 0 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. National Storage Affiliates Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat COPT Defense Properties' score of 1.00 indicating that National Storage Affiliates Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of COPT Defense Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 117.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. COPT Defense Properties pays out -109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Storage Affiliates Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Storage Affiliates Trust presently has a consensus target price of $36.44, suggesting a potential downside of 4.32%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.16%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than National Storage Affiliates Trust.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
National Storage Affiliates Trust beats COPT Defense Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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