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 AnalysisCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock IRET vs. WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, LXP, AAT, EQC, and FSPShould 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), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Franklin Street Properties (FSP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Investors Real Estate Trust vs. Its Competitors Whitestone REIT Gladstone Commercial One Liberty Properties Gyrodyne Vornado Realty Trust Cousins Properties LXP Industrial Trust American Assets Trust Equity Commonwealth Franklin Street Properties Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) and Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation. Do analysts recommend WSR or IRET? Whitestone REIT currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.31%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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 Whitestone REIT 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Investors Real Estate Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WSR or IRET? 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 RatioWhitestone REIT$154.28M3.96$36.89M$0.6518.42Investors Real Estate Trust$185.76M1.29$79.21M$3.724.97 Which has more volatility & risk, WSR or IRET? Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is WSR or IRET a better dividend stock? Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Investors Real Estate Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Whitestone REIT pays out 83.1% 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 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Investors Real Estate Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do institutionals and insiders believe in WSR or IRET? 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is WSR or IRET more profitable? Investors Real Estate Trust has a net margin of 34.57% compared to Whitestone REIT's net margin of 21.70%. 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 Whitestone REIT21.70% 7.76% 2.98% Investors Real Estate Trust 34.57%10.77%4.36% Does the media prefer WSR or IRET? In the previous week, Whitestone REIT and Whitestone REIT both had 1 articles in the media. Whitestone REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Investors Real Estate Trust'saverage media sentiment score. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Whitestone REIT 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Investors Real Estate Trust 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryInvestors Real Estate Trust beats Whitestone REIT on 10 of the 17 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 IRET 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$239.84M$722.75M$12.27B$20.75BDividend Yield3.98%5.06%5.64%3.66%P/E Ratio4.408.0019.3228.05Price / Sales1.2936.2827.0356.30Price / Cash5.2913.3621.2923.05Price / Book0.371.742.114.33Net Income$79.21M$10.26M$1.00B$994.32M Investors Real Estate Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IRETInvestors Real Estate Trust2.4367 of 5 stars$18.48-0.6%N/A-13.3%$239.84M$185.76M4.40361News CoverageWSRWhitestone REIT4.2136 of 5 stars$12.17+0.4%$15.00+23.3%-8.8%$619.15M$156.63M18.7290GOODGladstone Commercial3.5605 of 5 stars$13.17-0.6%$15.00+13.9%-10.9%$609.64M$151.17M45.4270News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeOLPOne Liberty Properties3.3301 of 5 stars$22.450.0%$28.00+24.7%-9.6%$484.68M$92.04M16.639Positive NewsEarnings ReportGYROGyrodyne 0.9773 of 5 stars$10.18-4.5%N/A+35.6%$22.39MN/A0.006Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeVNOVornado Realty Trust4.1854 of 5 stars$36.54-5.5%$38.09+4.2%+19.1%$7.01B$1.81B70.272,996Positive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastCUZCousins Properties4.0323 of 5 stars$26.41-0.8%$32.50+23.1%-1.9%$4.43B$925.00M71.38290News CoveragePositive NewsLXPLXP Industrial Trust4.4963 of 5 stars$7.99+1.7%$10.50+31.5%-16.9%$2.36B$363.00M28.5270Positive NewsAATAmerican Assets Trust3.9199 of 5 stars$19.04+1.3%$21.00+10.3%-24.9%$1.16B$452.81M16.41220Positive NewsEQCEquity CommonwealthN/A$1.58flatN/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520FSPFranklin Street Properties1.4541 of 5 stars$1.62+0.3%N/A+0.0%$167.46M$111.88M-3.2330 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 Equity Commonwealth Competitors Franklin Street Properties 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 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money?A new law called the GENIUS Act could quietly trigger the most radical shift in American finance in decades. 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