UNIT vs. NXRT, ARR, PLYM, BFS, SVC, RWT, BDN, BRSP, CSR, and DX
Should you be buying Uniti Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uniti Group include NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Saul Centers (BFS), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Redwood Trust (RWT), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), Centerspace (CSR), and Dynex Capital (DX). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) and NexPoint Residential Trust (NYSE:NXRT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Uniti Group had 2 more articles in the media than NexPoint Residential Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Uniti Group and 1 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Uniti Group's score of 0.64 indicating that NexPoint Residential Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Uniti Group presently has a consensus target price of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 71.23%. NexPoint Residential Trust has a consensus target price of $37.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.03%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than NexPoint Residential Trust.
NexPoint Residential Trust has a net margin of 27.02% compared to Uniti Group's net margin of 1.43%. NexPoint Residential Trust's return on equity of 14.82% beat Uniti Group's return on equity.
Uniti Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.5% of Uniti Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NexPoint Residential Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uniti Group. NexPoint Residential 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.
Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. NexPoint Residential Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Uniti Group pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NexPoint Residential Trust pays out 65.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Uniti Group received 241 more outperform votes than NexPoint Residential Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave NexPoint Residential Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Uniti Group beats NexPoint Residential Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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