Uniti Group (UNIT) Competitors $5.00 -0.24 (-4.58%) As of 12:09 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock UNIT vs. IRT, AHR, MC, PIPR, PECO, AB, VCTR, TFPM, HHH, and BXMTShould you be buying Uniti Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uniti Group include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Moelis & Company (MC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), AllianceBernstein (AB), Victory Capital (VCTR), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Howard Hughes (HHH), and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. Uniti Group vs. Independence Realty Trust American Healthcare REIT Moelis & Company Piper Sandler Companies Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. AllianceBernstein Victory Capital Triple Flag Precious Metals Howard Hughes Blackstone Mortgage Trust Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) and Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability. Do analysts prefer UNIT or IRT? Uniti Group presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.00%. Independence Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.46%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Uniti Group 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Independence Realty Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Is UNIT or IRT a better dividend stock? Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Uniti Group pays out 121.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independence Realty Trust pays out 355.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Uniti Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more risk and volatility, UNIT or IRT? Uniti Group has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer UNIT or IRT? In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Uniti Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 7 mentions for Uniti Group. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Uniti Group's score of 1.19 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Uniti Group 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Independence Realty Trust 9 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better valuation & earnings, UNIT or IRT? Independence Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uniti Group. Uniti Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independence Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioUniti Group$1.17B1.05-$81.71M$0.3713.51Independence Realty Trust$640.04M7.60$39.29M$0.18117.00 Is UNIT or IRT more profitable? Uniti Group has a net margin of 8.82% compared to Independence Realty Trust's net margin of 6.15%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.11% beat Uniti Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Uniti Group8.82% -4.12% 2.02% Independence Realty Trust 6.15%1.11%0.66% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UNIT or IRT? 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community favor UNIT or IRT? Uniti Group received 75 more outperform votes than Independence Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.77% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformUniti GroupOutperform Votes44265.77% Underperform Votes23034.23% Independence Realty TrustOutperform Votes36760.96% Underperform Votes23539.04% SummaryUniti Group beats Independence Realty Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Uniti Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UNIT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart UNIT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricUniti GroupReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.22B$6.97B$11.12B$7.57BDividend YieldN/A6.72%5.41%4.04%P/E Ratio12.2060.5822.1518.16Price / Sales1.056.7825.4186.29Price / Cash2.8717.3217.6234.64Price / Book-0.481.692.634.01Net Income-$81.71M$177.71M$1.04B$247.18M7 Day Performance3.31%-2.56%-2.80%-5.86%1 Month Performance-11.19%-5.42%493.31%-6.95%1 Year Performance-13.94%5.92%534.48%-3.71% Uniti Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)UNITUniti Group2.9007 of 5 stars$5.00-4.6%$7.00+40.0%-10.3%$1.22B$1.17B12.20750News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownIRTIndependence Realty Trust2.8771 of 5 stars$21.00+1.3%$22.00+4.7%+38.5%$4.85B$640.04M116.69920Insider TradePositive NewsAHRAmerican Healthcare REIT2.2972 of 5 stars$30.47+2.9%$30.83+1.2%+118.7%$4.80B$2.07B-63.48110Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsMCMoelis & Company3.3283 of 5 stars$63.02+3.5%$71.83+14.0%+7.9%$4.72B$1.19B35.811,161Short Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownPIPRPiper Sandler Companies2.4375 of 5 stars$268.41-9.8%$286.00+6.6%+32.4%$4.59B$1.48B25.311,790Positive NewsGap DownPECOPhillips Edison & Company, Inc.1.134 of 5 stars$35.77+2.4%$39.00+9.0%+9.1%$4.48B$661.39M71.54290Short Interest ↑Positive NewsABAllianceBernstein2.549 of 5 stars$38.18+0.4%$42.75+12.0%+13.0%$4.22B$461.95M10.264,341Analyst DowngradeNews CoverageGap DownHigh Trading VolumeVCTRVictory Capital4.836 of 5 stars$62.40+4.2%$68.33+9.5%+45.0%$3.97B$893.48M14.28510Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownTFPMTriple Flag Precious Metals2.6203 of 5 stars$19.32+1.0%$20.50+6.1%+33.5%$3.88B$268.99M-175.607Short Interest ↓Positive NewsHHHHoward Hughes2.5687 of 5 stars$76.13+1.5%$82.00+7.7%+8.1%$3.84B$1.75B50.42608Short Interest ↓Positive NewsBXMTBlackstone Mortgage Trust3.2138 of 5 stars$20.68-0.3%$20.670.0%+3.2%$3.55B$493.18M-17.67N/AEx-DividendAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies IRT Competitors AHR Competitors MC Competitors PIPR Competitors PECO Competitors AB Competitors VCTR Competitors TFPM Competitors HHH Competitors BXMT Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:UNIT) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBITCOINDid you miss out on the 1000%+ gains of Bitcoin over the past 5 years? 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