STAG Industrial (STAG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, EGP or STAG?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EGP or STAG?

92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EGP or STAG?

EastGroup Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
EastGroup Properties	$570.59M	14.00	$200.49M	$4.84	33.34
STAG Industrial	$707.84M	8.74	$192.85M	$0.99	34.28

Does the media refer more to EGP or STAG?

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 7 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 4 mentions for STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.49 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EastGroup Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
STAG Industrial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EGP or STAG a better dividend stock?

EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EGP or STAG?

EastGroup Properties received 13 more outperform votes than STAG Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.44% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 57.83% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EastGroup Properties	Outperform Votes 458 57.83%	Underperform Votes 334 42.17%
STAG Industrial	Outperform Votes 445 65.44%	Underperform Votes 235 34.56%

Is EGP or STAG 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
EastGroup Properties	37.19%	8.56%	5.01%
STAG Industrial	23.94%	5.27%	2.81%

Do analysts rate EGP or STAG?

EastGroup Properties currently has a consensus target price of $190.88, suggesting a potential upside of 18.30%. STAG Industrial has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.80%. Given STAG Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe STAG Industrial is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EastGroup Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
STAG Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

EastGroup Properties beats STAG Industrial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.