SAFE vs. IRT, CTRE, VCTR, PECO, AHR, AB, PJT, HHH, SNEX, and APLE
Should you be buying Safehold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safehold include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Victory Capital (VCTR), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), AllianceBernstein (AB), PJT Partners (PJT), Howard Hughes (HHH), StoneX Group (SNEX), and Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Safehold vs.
Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Safehold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Independence Realty Trust received 142 more outperform votes than Safehold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 55.33% of users gave Safehold an outperform vote.
Safehold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Independence Realty Trust. Safehold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independence Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independence Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $21.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.37%. Safehold has a consensus price target of $25.56, indicating a potential upside of 52.03%. Given Safehold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.
Safehold has a net margin of 28.92% compared to Independence Realty Trust's net margin of 6.15%. Safehold's return on equity of 4.76% beat Independence Realty Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 6 mentions for Safehold. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Safehold's score of 0.56 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Independence Realty Trust pays out 355.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Safehold pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safehold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Safehold beats Independence Realty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SAFE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
