IRET vs. GOOD, WSR, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, LXP, AAT, PGRE, and BFS
Should 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), Paramount Group (PGRE), and Saul Centers (BFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Investors Real Estate Trust vs.
Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ:GOOD) and Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
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.
Investors Real Estate Trust has a net margin of 34.57% compared to Gladstone Commercial's net margin of 16.09%. Gladstone Commercial's return on equity of 15.16% beat Investors Real Estate Trust's return on equity.
Gladstone Commercial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Investors Real Estate Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Gladstone Commercial pays out 461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Investors Real Estate Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
45.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by 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.
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.
In the previous week, Gladstone Commercial had 2 more articles in the media than Investors Real Estate Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gladstone Commercial and 0 mentions for Investors Real Estate Trust. Gladstone Commercial's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Investors Real Estate Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Gladstone Commercial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gladstone Commercial has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gladstone Commercial currently has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.36%. Given Gladstone Commercial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Gladstone Commercial is more favorable than Investors Real Estate Trust.
Summary
Gladstone Commercial beats Investors Real Estate Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IRET) was last updated on 3/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
