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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, LXP or VNO?

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, LXP or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. Vornado Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial 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	$340.50M	7.04	$30.38M	$0.06	135.77
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.81B	4.35	$105.49M	-$0.29	-142.64

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 6.6%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 900.2% 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 -255.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to LXP or VNO?

In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust and LXP Industrial Trust both had 3 articles in the media. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Vornado Realty Trust's score of 0.92 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LXP Industrial Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend LXP or VNO?

LXP Industrial Trust currently has a consensus price target of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.14%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $37.61, indicating a potential downside of 9.07%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

Is LXP or VNO more profitable?

LXP Industrial Trust has a net margin of 7.64% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 0.46%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.72% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust	7.64%	1.24%	0.65%
Vornado Realty Trust	0.46%	1.72%	0.48%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LXP or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust received 253 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 50.84% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LXP Industrial Trust	Outperform Votes 271 50.84%	Underperform Votes 262 49.16%
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 59.34%	Underperform Votes 359 40.66%

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

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

Summary

LXP Industrial Trust beats Vornado Realty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.