WPC vs. UDR, KIM, HST, AMH, LAMR, GLPI, DOC, ELS, CPT, and SUI
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), and Sun Communities (SUI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of UDR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
W. P. Carey presently has a consensus target price of $63.18, indicating a potential upside of 5.11%. UDR has a consensus target price of $40.35, indicating a potential upside of 2.06%. Given W. P. Carey's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than UDR.
UDR received 109 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.30% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote while only 55.20% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. W. P. Carey pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR pays out 123.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 33.65% compared to UDR's net margin of 27.81%. UDR's return on equity of 11.57% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.
In the previous week, UDR had 2 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for UDR and 12 mentions for W. P. Carey. UDR's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.73 indicating that UDR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UDR beats W. P. Carey on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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