PSTL vs. DEA, ALEX, PMT, AIV, MFA, ALX, UMH, FBRT, CSR, and PGRE
Should you be buying Postal Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Postal Realty Trust include Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), MFA Financial (MFA), Alexander's (ALX), UMH Properties (UMH), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Centerspace (CSR), and Paramount Group (PGRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) and Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Easterly Government Properties received 260 more outperform votes than Postal Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.05% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote while only 46.84% of users gave Postal Realty Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Postal Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Easterly Government Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Postal Realty Trust and 5 mentions for Easterly Government Properties. Postal Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of 1.33 indicating that Postal Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Easterly Government Properties has a net margin of 6.77% compared to Postal Realty Trust's net margin of 5.42%. Easterly Government Properties' return on equity of 1.38% beat Postal Realty Trust's return on equity.
Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Postal Realty Trust pays out 960.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Easterly Government Properties pays out 530.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Easterly Government Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Postal Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.09%. Easterly Government Properties has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.58%. Given Postal Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Postal Realty Trust is more favorable than Easterly Government Properties.
Easterly Government Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Postal Realty Trust. Easterly Government Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postal Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Easterly Government Properties beats Postal Realty Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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