IRT vs. SUI, AMH, HST, UDR, KIM, WPC, LAMR, GLPI, ELS, and REG
Should you be buying Independence Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independence Realty Trust include Sun Communities (SUI), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), W. P. Carey (WPC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) and Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Sun Communities currently has a consensus price target of $136.27, suggesting a potential upside of 17.97%. Independence Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.26%. Given Independence Realty Trust's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 3 mentions for Sun Communities. Sun Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Independence Realty Trust's score of 1.16 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Sun Communities pays out 324.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independence Realty Trust pays out -2,132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Communities has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Independence Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Independence Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
99.6% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sun Communities has a net margin of 4.46% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of -1.26%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.87% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.
Sun Communities received 35 more outperform votes than Independence Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.37% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 60.85% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Sun Communities has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Independence Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sun Communities. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sun Communities beats Independence Realty Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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