Uniti Group (UNIT) Competitors

Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KRG or UNIT?

Uniti Group received 92 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.82% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kite Realty Group Trust	Outperform Votes 349 55.75%	Underperform Votes 277 44.25%
Uniti Group	Outperform Votes 441 65.82%	Underperform Votes 229 34.18%

Does the media refer more to KRG or UNIT?

In the previous week, Kite Realty Group Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Uniti Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust and 3 mentions for Uniti Group. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Uniti Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kite Realty Group Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Uniti Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend KRG or UNIT?

Kite Realty Group Trust currently has a consensus price target of $28.86, indicating a potential upside of 14.88%. Uniti Group has a consensus price target of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 25.73%. Given Uniti Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than Kite Realty Group Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kite Realty Group Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Uniti Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KRG or UNIT?

90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, KRG or UNIT?

Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uniti Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KRG or UNIT a better dividend stock?

Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out -2,700.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Uniti Group pays out 109.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is KRG or UNIT more profitable?

Uniti Group has a net margin of 8.82% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of -1.18%. Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity of -0.28% beat Uniti Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kite Realty Group Trust	-1.18%	-0.28%	-0.14%
Uniti Group	8.82%	-4.12%	2.02%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KRG or UNIT?

Kite Realty Group Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Uniti Group. Kite Realty Group Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uniti Group, 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
Kite Realty Group Trust	$827.40M	6.67	$47.50M	-$0.04	-628.00
Uniti Group	$1.16B	1.20	-$81.71M	$0.41	13.90

Summary

Kite Realty Group Trust beats Uniti Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.