GOOD vs. LXP, AAT, WSR, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, STHO, CLSK, and MCY
Should you be buying Gladstone Commercial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Commercial include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Whitestone REIT (WSR), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Star (STHO), CleanSpark (CLSK), and Mercury General (MCY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Gladstone Commercial vs.
LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ:GOOD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Commercial has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gladstone Commercial received 1 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.06% of users gave Gladstone Commercial an outperform vote while only 50.84% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.05%. Gladstone Commercial has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 5.92%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Gladstone Commercial.
Gladstone Commercial has a net margin of 14.47% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 7.64%. Gladstone Commercial's return on equity of 13.86% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.
LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Commercial. Gladstone Commercial 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.
LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Gladstone Commercial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Commercial pays out 600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Commercial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Gladstone Commercial had 4 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Gladstone Commercial and 2 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. Gladstone Commercial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Gladstone Commercial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Gladstone Commercial beats LXP Industrial Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GOOD) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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