JBGS vs. EPRT, KRG, VNO, RYN, PECO, KRC, HASI, IRT, CTRE, and APLE
Should you be buying JBG SMITH Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JBG SMITH Properties include Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 51.34% compared to Essential Properties Realty Trust's net margin of -22.37%. JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity of 6.56% beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity.
Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 92.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Properties Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. JBG SMITH Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Essential Properties Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.90%. JBG SMITH Properties has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.77%. Given JBG SMITH Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Essential Properties Realty Trust is more favorable than JBG SMITH Properties.
97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, JBG SMITH Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Essential Properties Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties and 5 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust. JBG SMITH Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's score of 0.86 indicating that Essential Properties Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Properties Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JBG SMITH Properties received 91 more outperform votes than Essential Properties Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.33% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave JBG SMITH Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Essential Properties Realty Trust beats JBG SMITH Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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