DEA vs. PIPR, MC, PECO, AB, TFPM, VCTR, HHH, SNEX, BXMT, and HASI
Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Moelis & Company (MC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), AllianceBernstein (AB), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Victory Capital (VCTR), Howard Hughes (HHH), StoneX Group (SNEX), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Easterly Government Properties vs.
Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) and Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Piper Sandler Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Easterly Government Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies and 5 mentions for Easterly Government Properties. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of 1.10 indicating that Piper Sandler Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Piper Sandler Companies has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Easterly Government Properties' net margin of 6.25%. Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity of 17.00% beat Easterly Government Properties' return on equity.
Piper Sandler Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Easterly Government Properties. Piper Sandler Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Easterly Government Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Easterly Government Properties pays out 557.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Easterly Government Properties presently has a consensus target price of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.74%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus target price of $286.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.63%. Given Easterly Government Properties' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.
Easterly Government Properties received 148 more outperform votes than Piper Sandler Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.92% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote while only 55.07% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Piper Sandler Companies beats Easterly Government Properties on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DEA) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff