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

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ:CRESY) and Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Is CRESY or UE a better dividend stock?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Urban Edge Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Urban Edge Properties pays out 29.6% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, CRESY or UE?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRESY or UE?

Urban Edge Properties received 30 more outperform votes than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.38% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 57.38%	Underperform Votes 130 42.62%
Urban Edge Properties	Outperform Votes 205 45.76%	Underperform Votes 243 54.24%

Is CRESY or UE more profitable?

Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 63.27% compared to Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's net margin of 13.46%. Urban Edge Properties' return on equity of 24.36% 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	13.46%	4.79%	2.12%
Urban Edge Properties	63.27%	24.36%	8.80%

Does the media favor CRESY or UE?

In the previous week, Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria had 3 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria and 0 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Urban Edge Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Positive
Urban Edge Properties	Neutral

Do analysts rate CRESY or UE?

Urban Edge Properties has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.14%. Given Urban Edge Properties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Urban Edge Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CRESY or UE?

12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CRESY or UE?

Urban Edge Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Edge Properties, 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	$825.69M	0.72	$245.67M	$1.93	5.16
Urban Edge Properties	$416.92M	4.89	$248.50M	$2.30	7.47

Summary

Urban Edge Properties beats Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.