APLE vs. CUZ, SLG, CTRE, HASI, MAC, HHH, SBRA, IRT, GRP.U, and PECO
Should you be buying Apple Hospitality REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple Hospitality REIT include Cousins Properties (CUZ), SL Green Realty (SLG), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Macerich (MAC), Howard Hughes (HHH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Cousins Properties pays out 261.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 111.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Apple Hospitality REIT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Apple Hospitality REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cousins Properties presently has a consensus target price of $23.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Apple Hospitality REIT has a consensus target price of $18.40, indicating a potential upside of 28.18%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple Hospitality REIT is more favorable than Cousins Properties.
Apple Hospitality REIT received 61 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Apple Hospitality REIT an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.
Apple Hospitality REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Apple Hospitality REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cousins Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cousins Properties and Cousins Properties both had 5 articles in the media. Cousins Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Apple Hospitality REIT's score of 0.88 indicating that Apple Hospitality REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a net margin of 14.58% compared to Apple Hospitality REIT's net margin of 9.15%. Cousins Properties' return on equity of 6.11% beat Apple Hospitality REIT's return on equity.
Summary
Apple Hospitality REIT beats Cousins Properties on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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