Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY) Competitors

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ:CRESY) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is CRESY or GRP.U a better dividend stock?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays out -44.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRESY or GRP.U?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria received 165 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 56.82%	Underperform Votes 133 43.18%
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple	Outperform Votes 10 45.45%	Underperform Votes 12 54.55%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CRESY or GRP.U?

12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CRESY or GRP.U?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	$729.23B	0.00	$156.92M	-$1.32	-9.27
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple	$550.94M	5.60	$101.24M	$3.58	13.73

Does the media prefer CRESY or GRP.U?

In the previous week, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple had 4 more articles in the media than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple and 3 mentions for Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of 0.19 indicating that Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CRESY or GRP.U more profitable?

Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 55.97% compared to Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's net margin of -7.06%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity of 5.71% beat Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	-7.06%	-2.46%	-1.08%
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple	55.97%	5.71%	3.34%

Summary

Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple beats Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.