CubeSmart (CUBE) Competitors

EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is EGP or CUBE a better dividend stock?

EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. EastGroup Properties pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EastGroup Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and CubeSmart has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EGP or CUBE?

CubeSmart has higher revenue and earnings than EastGroup Properties. CubeSmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, 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
EastGroup Properties	$640.23M	13.46	$227.75M	$4.57	35.91
CubeSmart	$929.08M	10.13	$391.18M	$1.69	24.42

Which has more volatility & risk, EGP or CUBE?

EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EGP or CUBE more profitable?

CubeSmart has a net margin of 37.05% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 34.60%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 13.57% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EastGroup Properties	34.60%	7.41%	4.62%
CubeSmart	37.05%	13.57%	6.05%

Does the media prefer EGP or CUBE?

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 3 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 5 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 1.45 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EastGroup Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CubeSmart	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EGP or CUBE?

92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer EGP or CUBE?

EastGroup Properties presently has a consensus target price of $190.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.76%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $47.38, suggesting a potential upside of 14.78%. Given EastGroup Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EastGroup Properties is more favorable than CubeSmart.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EastGroup Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
CubeSmart	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

Summary

CubeSmart beats EastGroup Properties on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.