STAG Industrial (STAG) Competitors

STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Does the media prefer STAG or EGP?

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 3 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 7 mentions for STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.85 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
STAG Industrial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EastGroup Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STAG or EGP?

EastGroup Properties received 11 more outperform votes than STAG Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.39% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
STAG Industrial	Outperform Votes 444 65.39%	Underperform Votes 235 34.61%
EastGroup Properties	Outperform Votes 455 57.81%	Underperform Votes 332 42.19%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of STAG or EGP?

88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, STAG or EGP?

EastGroup Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. EastGroup Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, 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
STAG Industrial	$707.84M	9.26	$192.85M	$0.99	36.35
EastGroup Properties	$625.34M	13.54	$200.49M	$4.84	35.33

Which has more risk & volatility, STAG or EGP?

STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is STAG or EGP a better dividend stock?

STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. STAG Industrial pays out 149.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EastGroup Properties pays out 115.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate STAG or EGP?

STAG Industrial presently has a consensus price target of $41.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.27%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $191.21, indicating a potential upside of 11.81%. Given STAG Industrial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe STAG Industrial is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STAG Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
EastGroup Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is STAG or EGP more profitable?

EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 37.19% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 23.94%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 8.56% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STAG Industrial	23.94%	5.27%	2.81%
EastGroup Properties	37.19%	8.56%	5.01%

Summary

EastGroup Properties beats STAG Industrial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.