First Industrial Realty Trust (FR) Competitors

EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer EGP or FR?

EastGroup Properties currently has a consensus target price of $191.21, indicating a potential upside of 11.18%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $57.92, indicating a potential upside of 10.44%. Given EastGroup Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EastGroup Properties is more favorable than First Industrial Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EastGroup Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
First Industrial Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor EGP or FR?

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 4 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 8 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.86 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EastGroup Properties	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Industrial Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EGP or FR?

EastGroup Properties received 29 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.60% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EastGroup Properties	Outperform Votes 455 57.81%	Underperform Votes 332 42.19%
First Industrial Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 426 58.60%	Underperform Votes 301 41.40%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EGP or FR?

92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EGP or FR more profitable?

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 47.34% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 37.19%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 11.53% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EastGroup Properties	37.19%	8.56%	5.01%
First Industrial Realty Trust	47.34%	11.53%	5.93%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EGP or FR?

First Industrial Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than EastGroup Properties. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, 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
EastGroup Properties	$570.59M	14.92	$200.49M	$4.84	35.54
First Industrial Realty Trust	$614.03M	11.30	$274.82M	$2.33	22.51

Is EGP or FR a better dividend stock?

EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. EastGroup Properties pays out 115.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Industrial Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, EGP or FR?

EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats EastGroup Properties on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.