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 InterestTrendsBuy This Stock IRET vs. WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, LXP, AAT, PGRE, and NXRTShould you be buying Investors Real Estate Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investors Real Estate Trust include Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), 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 NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Investors Real Estate Trust vs. Whitestone REIT Gladstone Commercial One Liberty Properties Gyrodyne Vornado Realty Trust Cousins Properties LXP Industrial Trust American Assets Trust Paramount Group NexPoint Residential Trust Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings. Does the MarketBeat Community favor IRET or WSR? Whitestone REIT received 90 more outperform votes than Investors Real Estate Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.45% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Investors Real Estate Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformInvestors Real Estate TrustOutperform Votes23260.26% Underperform Votes15339.74% Whitestone REITOutperform Votes32261.45% Underperform Votes20238.55% Does the media refer more to IRET or WSR? In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Investors Real Estate Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 1 mentions for Investors Real Estate Trust. Investors Real Estate Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Whitestone REIT'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Investors Real Estate Trust Neutral Whitestone REIT Neutral Which has higher valuation and earnings, IRET or WSR? Investors Real Estate Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Whitestone REIT. Investors Real Estate Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitestone REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioInvestors Real Estate Trust$185.76M1.30$79.21M$3.725.01Whitestone REIT$155.51M4.34$19.18M$0.7118.67 Do analysts rate IRET or WSR? Whitestone REIT has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.71%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Whitestone REIT 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) 0.00Whitestone REIT 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more risk & volatility, IRET or WSR? Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is IRET or WSR a better dividend stock? Investors Real Estate Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. Whitestone REIT pays out 76.1% 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. Is IRET or WSR more profitable? Investors Real Estate Trust has a net margin of 34.57% compared to Whitestone REIT's net margin of 13.97%. Investors Real Estate Trust's return on equity of 10.77% beat Whitestone REIT's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Investors Real Estate Trust34.57% 10.77% 4.36% Whitestone REIT 13.97%4.98%1.88% Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in IRET or WSR? 70.4% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryInvestors Real Estate Trust beats Whitestone REIT on 10 of the 19 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$242.03M$6.79B$10.82B$18.42BDividend Yield3.98%7.45%5.99%4.21%P/E Ratio4.4457.7721.6731.10Price / Sales1.306.5725.4326.58Price / Cash5.2917.3217.6117.54Price / Book0.371.622.564.30Net Income$79.21M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B Investors Real Estate Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IRETInvestors Real Estate Trust3.0189 of 5 stars$18.65+1.5%N/A-2.5%$242.03M$185.76M4.44361WSRWhitestone REIT2.1166 of 5 stars$13.06+1.9%$16.00+22.5%+22.6%$664.69M$155.51M31.8590GOODGladstone Commercial2.734 of 5 stars$13.69+1.9%$15.00+9.6%+8.3%$626.41M$149.39M52.6570Short Interest ↑OLPOne Liberty Properties3.2342 of 5 stars$23.98+1.4%$28.00+16.8%+13.2%$517.66M$90.56M14.809Short Interest ↑Positive NewsGYROGyrodyne0.9401 of 5 stars$7.93+2.3%N/AN/A$17.44M$4.86M0.006Short Interest ↑Positive NewsGap UpVNOVornado Realty Trust4.1542 of 5 stars$34.22+3.0%$38.00+11.0%+34.0%$6.53B$1.79B855.503,150Analyst RevisionCUZCousins Properties4.3858 of 5 stars$26.42+1.1%$32.70+23.8%+22.5%$4.44B$856.76M88.07290Positive NewsLXPLXP Industrial Trust4.6198 of 5 stars$7.68+1.7%$11.33+47.6%-9.1%$2.27B$358.46M59.0870Positive NewsAATAmerican Assets Trust3.7498 of 5 stars$18.84+3.0%$23.00+22.1%-7.1%$1.15B$457.85M21.17220Short Interest ↑Positive NewsPGREParamount Group2.8764 of 5 stars$4.24+2.4%$4.33+2.2%-4.6%$929.51M$757.45M-4.33330Analyst ForecastNews CoverageNXRTNexPoint Residential Trust4.7628 of 5 stars$35.64+2.7%$46.33+30.0%+18.2%$910.03M$259.70M20.373Short Interest ↓Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Whitestone REIT Competitors Gladstone Commercial Competitors One Liberty Properties Competitors Gyrodyne Competitors Vornado Realty Trust Competitors Cousins Properties Competitors LXP Industrial Trust Competitors American Assets Trust Competitors Paramount Group Competitors NexPoint Residential Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:IRET) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Reveals Why There Soon Won’t Be Any Money For Social SecurityElon Musk's Near-Death Experience Sparks Dire Warning for Americans After cheating death twice—once in a te...Colonial Metals | Sponsored🥾⛏️👷♂️ What I Learned From Numerous Mine Visits...Twenty years ago, I made a decision that changed my life. 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