Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Investors Real Estate Trust (IRET) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesShort InterestTrends IRET vs. GOOD, WSR, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, LXP, AAT, ARR, and FBRTShould you be buying Investors Real Estate Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investors Real Estate Trust include Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), Whitestone REIT (WSR), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), and Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Investors Real Estate Trust vs. Gladstone Commercial Whitestone REIT One Liberty Properties Gyrodyne Vornado Realty Trust Cousins Properties LXP Industrial Trust American Assets Trust ARMOUR Residential REIT Franklin BSP Realty Trust Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) and Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ:GOOD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking. Do analysts prefer IRET or GOOD? Gladstone Commercial has a consensus target price of $15.25, suggesting a potential downside of 5.92%. Given Gladstone Commercial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gladstone Commercial is more favorable than Investors Real Estate Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Investors Real Estate Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Gladstone Commercial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IRET or GOOD? Investors Real Estate Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Commercial. Investors Real Estate Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Commercial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioInvestors Real Estate Trust$185.76M1.40$79.21M$3.725.40Gladstone Commercial$147.92M4.81$4.99M$0.2081.05 Does the media prefer IRET or GOOD? In the previous week, Gladstone Commercial had 4 more articles in the media than Investors Real Estate Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Gladstone Commercial and 2 mentions for Investors Real Estate Trust. Gladstone Commercial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Investors Real Estate Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Gladstone Commercial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Investors Real Estate Trust Neutral Gladstone Commercial Positive Is IRET or GOOD a better dividend stock? Investors Real Estate Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Gladstone Commercial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Investors Real Estate Trust pays out 75.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Commercial pays out 600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investors Real Estate Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more risk and volatility, IRET or GOOD? Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Commercial has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IRET or GOOD? Gladstone Commercial received 40 more outperform votes than Investors Real Estate Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.26% of users gave Investors Real Estate Trust an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Gladstone Commercial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformInvestors Real Estate TrustOutperform Votes23260.26% Underperform Votes15339.74% Gladstone CommercialOutperform Votes27255.06% Underperform Votes22244.94% Is IRET or GOOD more profitable? Investors Real Estate Trust has a net margin of 34.57% compared to Gladstone Commercial's net margin of 14.47%. Gladstone Commercial's return on equity of 13.86% beat Investors Real Estate Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Investors Real Estate Trust34.57% 10.77% 4.36% Gladstone Commercial 14.47%13.86%1.93% Do insiders & institutionals believe in IRET or GOOD? 70.4% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Gladstone Commercial 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. SummaryGladstone Commercial beats Investors Real Estate Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Investors Real Estate Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IRET and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart IRET vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricInvestors Real Estate TrustReal Estate Investment Trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$260.72M$6.97B$11.85B$20.09BDividend Yield3.98%7.84%5.76%3.64%P/E Ratio4.7850.0625.9742.56Price / Sales1.408.9327.5518.56Price / Cash5.2918.3718.3120.47Price / Book0.402.502.675.90Net Income$79.21M$152.17M$1.07B$1.02B Investors Real Estate Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IRETInvestors Real Estate Trust2.5599 of 5 stars$20.09+0.1%N/A-63.6%$260.72M$185.76M4.78361Short Interest ↓GOODGladstone Commercial3.6789 of 5 stars$16.31-0.5%$15.25-6.5%+26.4%$716.34M$147.58M81.5570Dividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsWSRWhitestone REIT3.0998 of 5 stars$13.40-1.4%$15.67+17.0%+3.6%$678.40M$152.00M32.6790Analyst ForecastNews CoverageOLPOne Liberty Properties3.161 of 5 stars$25.77-1.1%$28.00+8.7%+26.7%$551.18M$90.65M15.919Short Interest ↓Positive NewsGYROGyrodyne2.5452 of 5 stars$9.23+2.3%N/A-5.2%$20.30MN/A0.006Positive NewsVNOVornado Realty Trust2.2828 of 5 stars$41.37+0.9%$37.61-9.1%+59.1%$7.89B$1.81B-142.642,935Positive NewsCUZCousins Properties4.3415 of 5 stars$30.62+1.6%$33.22+8.5%+33.3%$4.84B$802.87M92.78290Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓LXPLXP Industrial Trust3.7252 of 5 stars$8.15-0.7%$11.33+39.1%-8.5%$2.40B$340.50M135.7770Short Interest ↑Negative NewsAATAmerican Assets Trust2.062 of 5 stars$24.81+0.4%$26.00+4.8%+8.2%$1.51B$441.16M27.26220Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓Positive NewsARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.2185 of 5 stars$18.62+0.8%$20.50+10.1%-1.3%$1.04B$552.90M7.89N/ADividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑News CoverageFBRTFranklin BSP Realty Trust4.0036 of 5 stars$12.65+0.9%$15.50+22.5%-0.9%$1.04B$263.95M15.43N/AShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gladstone Commercial Competitors Whitestone REIT Competitors One Liberty Properties Competitors Gyrodyne Competitors Vornado Realty Trust Competitors Cousins Properties Competitors LXP Industrial Trust Competitors American Assets Trust Competitors ARMOUR Residential REIT Competitors Franklin BSP Realty Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:IRET) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s #1 AI Stock” SET TO SOARForget ChatGPT! 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