DEA vs. PECO, AHR, AB, PJT, HHH, SNEX, APLE, BXMT, APAM, and TFPM
Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), AllianceBernstein (AB), PJT Partners (PJT), Howard Hughes (HHH), StoneX Group (SNEX), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Easterly Government Properties vs.
Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Easterly Government Properties currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.79%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.06%. Given Easterly Government Properties' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..
Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Easterly Government Properties pays out 588.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 246.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Easterly Government Properties. Easterly Government Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Easterly Government Properties received 279 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.17% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote while only 35.09% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Easterly Government Properties' net margin of 6.25%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 2.40% beat Easterly Government Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, Easterly Government Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Easterly Government Properties and 2 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of 0.19 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. beats Easterly Government Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DEA) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
