Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) Competitors

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EPRT or CG?

The Carlyle Group received 388 more outperform votes than Essential Properties Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave The Carlyle Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essential Properties Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 204 63.16%	Underperform Votes 119 36.84%
The Carlyle Group	Outperform Votes 592 56.60%	Underperform Votes 454 43.40%

Do analysts rate EPRT or CG?

Essential Properties Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $33.91, indicating a potential upside of 6.79%. The Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $54.44, indicating a potential downside of 1.45%. Given Essential Properties Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Essential Properties Realty Trust is more favorable than The Carlyle Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Properties Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
The Carlyle Group	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

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

97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of The Carlyle Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of The Carlyle Group shares are owned 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EPRT or CG?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Carlyle Group. Essential Properties Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Carlyle Group, 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	$359.60M	15.48	$190.71M	$1.15	27.61
The Carlyle Group	$2.96B	6.67	-$608.40M	$0.29	190.48

Is EPRT or CG more profitable?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 46.00% compared to The Carlyle Group's net margin of 2.21%. The Carlyle Group's return on equity of 24.91% beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Properties Realty Trust	46.00%	6.20%	3.82%
The Carlyle Group	2.21%	24.91%	6.76%

Is EPRT or CG a better dividend stock?

Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. The Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 102.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Carlyle Group pays out 482.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essential Properties Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer EPRT or CG?

In the previous week, The Carlyle Group had 12 more articles in the media than Essential Properties Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for The Carlyle Group and 3 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust. Essential Properties Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat The Carlyle Group's score of 0.95 indicating that Essential Properties Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essential Properties Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Carlyle Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, EPRT or CG?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Essential Properties Realty Trust beats The Carlyle Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.