Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) Competitors

W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) and Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, WPC or BNL?

W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadstone Net Lease has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer WPC or BNL?

W. P. Carey presently has a consensus target price of $62.88, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Broadstone Net Lease has a consensus target price of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 6.81%. Given W. P. Carey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than Broadstone Net Lease.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
W. P. Carey	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the media refer more to WPC or BNL?

In the previous week, W. P. Carey had 1 more articles in the media than Broadstone Net Lease. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for W. P. Carey and 11 mentions for Broadstone Net Lease. Broadstone Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.68 indicating that Broadstone Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
W. P. Carey	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Broadstone Net Lease	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WPC or BNL?

W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than Broadstone Net Lease. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadstone Net Lease, 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
W. P. Carey	$1.59B	7.79	$708.33M	$2.54	22.28
Broadstone Net Lease	$442.89M	7.25	$155.48M	$0.76	22.42

Is WPC or BNL a better dividend stock?

W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. W. P. Carey pays out 137.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Broadstone Net Lease pays out 152.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WPC or BNL?

73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WPC or BNL more profitable?

W. P. Carey has a net margin of 35.12% compared to Broadstone Net Lease's net margin of 33.56%. W. P. Carey's return on equity of 6.45% beat Broadstone Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
W. P. Carey	35.12%	6.45%	3.14%
Broadstone Net Lease	33.56%	4.47%	2.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WPC or BNL?

W. P. Carey received 317 more outperform votes than Broadstone Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.36% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote while only 33.85% of users gave Broadstone Net Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
W. P. Carey	Outperform Votes 339 57.36%	Underperform Votes 252 42.64%
Broadstone Net Lease	Outperform Votes 22 33.85%	Underperform Votes 43 66.15%

Summary

W. P. Carey beats Broadstone Net Lease on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.