OUT vs. LXP, DEI, CDP, NSA, FCPT, ABR, NHI, BNL, SITC, and HIW
Should you be buying OUTFRONT Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OUTFRONT Media include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Douglas Emmett (DEI), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), National Health Investors (NHI), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), SITE Centers (SITC), and Highwoods Properties (HIW). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of OUTFRONT Media shares are held by 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.
LXP Industrial Trust has a net margin of 5.52% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of -23.38%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of 0.86% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.
LXP Industrial Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OUTFRONT Media. OUTFRONT Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OUTFRONT Media received 12 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.82% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.29%. OUTFRONT Media has a consensus price target of $14.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.47%. Given OUTFRONT Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.
LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 1,300.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OUTFRONT Media pays out -45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LXP Industrial Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. OUTFRONT Media is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OUTFRONT Media had 1 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OUTFRONT Media and 2 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. OUTFRONT Media's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of 0.76 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
LXP Industrial Trust beats OUTFRONT Media on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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