PLD vs. EGP, FR, STAG, TRNO, AMT, WELL, EQIX, PSA, O, and DLR
Should you be buying Prologis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prologis include EastGroup Properties (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), STAG Industrial (STAG), Terreno Realty (TRNO), American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Equinix (EQIX), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Prologis vs.
EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and Prologis (NYSE:PLD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Prologis has a net margin of 45.50% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 35.57%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.89% beat Prologis' return on equity.
Prologis has higher revenue and earnings than EastGroup Properties. Prologis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Prologis pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. EastGroup Properties pays out 120.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prologis pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prologis has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Prologis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Prologis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Prologis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prologis has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Prologis had 12 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Prologis and 27 mentions for EastGroup Properties. Prologis' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.97 indicating that Prologis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EastGroup Properties currently has a consensus price target of $188.82, suggesting a potential upside of 20.24%. Prologis has a consensus price target of $126.78, suggesting a potential upside of 28.02%. Given Prologis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prologis is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
Prologis received 492 more outperform votes than EastGroup Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave Prologis an outperform vote while only 57.36% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Prologis beats EastGroup Properties on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PLD) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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