PECO vs. FUTU, JEF, DOC, GLPI, REG, AMH, LINE, WPC, HLI, and HST
Should you be buying Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. include Futu (FUTU), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Regency Centers (REG), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Lineage (LINE), W. P. Carey (WPC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), and Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. vs.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) and Futu (NASDAQ:FUTU) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Futu has a net margin of 38.59% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 9.48%. Futu's return on equity of 16.86% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Futu has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Futu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Futu received 17 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.68% of users gave Futu an outperform vote while only 35.09% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
Futu has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Futu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Futu had 9 more articles in the media than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Futu and 2 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Futu's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.80 indicating that Futu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.06%. Futu has a consensus target price of $91.40, indicating a potential downside of 24.71%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Futu.
Summary
Futu beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PECO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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