UE vs. FOR, CWK, GTY, KW, CMTG, AHH, EFC, IIPR, HPP, and FRPH
Should you be buying Urban Edge Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Edge Properties include Forestar Group (FOR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Ellington Financial (EFC), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and FRP (FRPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) and Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Urban Edge Properties presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.45%. Forestar Group has a consensus price target of $37.17, suggesting a potential upside of 6.28%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Urban Edge Properties.
Forestar Group received 7 more outperform votes than Urban Edge Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.
Urban Edge Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Forestar Group. Urban Edge Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forestar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Forestar Group had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Forestar Group and 2 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Urban Edge Properties' score of 0.54 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 63.27% compared to Forestar Group's net margin of 12.99%. Urban Edge Properties' return on equity of 24.36% beat Forestar Group's return on equity.
Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Forestar Group beats Urban Edge Properties on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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