Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) Competitors

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, EPRT or CBOE?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EPRT or CBOE a better dividend stock?

Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 103.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cboe Global Markets pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer EPRT or CBOE?

In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 6 more articles in the media than Essential Properties Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 12 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's score of 1.26 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essential Properties Realty Trust	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cboe Global Markets	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EPRT or CBOE more profitable?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.15% compared to Cboe Global Markets' net margin of 18.64%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 22.02% beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Properties Realty Trust	45.15%	6.12%	3.76%
Cboe Global Markets	18.64%	22.02%	10.73%

Which has better valuation and earnings, EPRT or CBOE?

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Essential Properties Realty Trust. Essential Properties Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, 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
Essential Properties Realty Trust	$449.61M	13.52	$203M	$1.14	28.40
Cboe Global Markets	$4.09B	5.48	$764.90M	$7.22	29.67

Do analysts prefer EPRT or CBOE?

Essential Properties Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $34.91, indicating a potential upside of 7.82%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus price target of $206.86, indicating a potential downside of 3.44%. Given Essential Properties Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Essential Properties Realty Trust is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Properties Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Cboe Global Markets	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EPRT or CBOE?

97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EPRT or CBOE?

Essential Properties Realty Trust received 204 more outperform votes than Cboe Global Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.00% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave Cboe Global Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essential Properties Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 206 63.00%	Underperform Votes 121 37.00%
Cboe Global Markets	Outperform Votes 2 11.11%	Underperform Votes 16 88.89%

Summary

Essential Properties Realty Trust beats Cboe Global Markets on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.