LXP Industrial Trust (LXP) Competitors

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is LXP or VNO a better dividend stock?

LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 415.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 1,850.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to LXP or VNO?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 3 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of 1.43 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LXP Industrial Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vornado Realty Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LXP or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust received 253 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.01% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LXP Industrial Trust	Outperform Votes 271 50.75%	Underperform Votes 263 49.25%
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 59.01%	Underperform Votes 364 40.99%

Which has more risk and volatility, LXP or VNO?

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LXP or VNO?

LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.52%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $38.55, indicating a potential downside of 1.94%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LXP Industrial Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LXP or VNO?

93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LXP or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. LXP Industrial Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LXP Industrial Trust	$358.46M	7.22	$44.53M	$0.13	67.31
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.79B	4.20	$70.39M	$0.04	982.75

Is LXP or VNO more profitable?

LXP Industrial Trust has a net margin of 12.40% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 3.94%. LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity of 2.15% beat Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust	12.40%	2.15%	1.13%
Vornado Realty Trust	3.94%	1.60%	0.44%

Summary

LXP Industrial Trust and Vornado Realty Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.