DEA vs. PECO, AHR, LB, AB, VCTR, SNEX, HHH, PJT, APLE, and BXMT
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), LandBridge (LB), AllianceBernstein (AB), Victory Capital (VCTR), StoneX Group (SNEX), Howard Hughes (HHH), PJT Partners (PJT), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Easterly Government Properties vs.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) and Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.68%. Easterly Government Properties has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.46%. Given Easterly Government Properties' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..
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 an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. 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. 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.
Easterly Government Properties received 278 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote while only 36.21% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
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.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 1 more articles in the media than Easterly Government Properties. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 8 mentions for Easterly Government Properties. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of -0.12 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. beats Easterly Government Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DEA) was last updated on 3/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
