Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP) Competitors

Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) and Net Lease Office Properties (NYSE:NLOP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer VRE or NLOP?

Veris Residential currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. Net Lease Office Properties has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.67%. Given Net Lease Office Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Net Lease Office Properties is more favorable than Veris Residential.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veris Residential	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Net Lease Office Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer VRE or NLOP?

In the previous week, Veris Residential had 9 more articles in the media than Net Lease Office Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Veris Residential and 2 mentions for Net Lease Office Properties. Veris Residential's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Net Lease Office Properties' score of -0.36 indicating that Veris Residential is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veris Residential	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Net Lease Office Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VRE or NLOP?

Veris Residential has higher revenue and earnings than Net Lease Office Properties.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veris Residential	$279.86M	6.04	-$107.26M	-$0.17	-107.11
Net Lease Office Properties	$174.96M	2.61	-$131.75M	N/A	N/A

Is VRE or NLOP more profitable?

Veris Residential has a net margin of -5.70% compared to Net Lease Office Properties' net margin of -122.90%. Veris Residential's return on equity of -4.97% beat Net Lease Office Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veris Residential	-5.70%	-4.97%	-2.02%
Net Lease Office Properties	-122.90%	-30.16%	-17.58%

Is VRE or NLOP a better dividend stock?

Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Net Lease Office Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Veris Residential pays out -164.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in VRE or NLOP?

93.0% of Veris Residential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Net Lease Office Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Veris Residential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VRE or NLOP?

Veris Residential received 1 more outperform votes than Net Lease Office Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Net Lease Office Properties an outperform vote while only 22.22% of users gave Veris Residential an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veris Residential	Outperform Votes 6 22.22%	Underperform Votes 21 77.78%
Net Lease Office Properties	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Veris Residential beats Net Lease Office Properties on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.