STAG Industrial (STAG) Competitors

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

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 3.1%. STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. STAG Industrial pays out 143.3% 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 media favor EGP or STAG?

In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 5 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for STAG Industrial and 12 mentions for EastGroup Properties. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.58 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
STAG Industrial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EGP or STAG?

EastGroup Properties received 14 more outperform votes than STAG Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.25% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 57.74% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EastGroup Properties	Outperform Votes 459 57.74%	Underperform Votes 336 42.26%
STAG Industrial	Outperform Votes 445 65.25%	Underperform Votes 237 34.75%

Which has more volatility & risk, EGP or STAG?

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

Do analysts recommend EGP or STAG?

EastGroup Properties presently has a consensus target price of $191.65, indicating a potential upside of 6.86%. STAG Industrial has a consensus target price of $40.38, indicating a potential upside of 14.82%. Given STAG Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EGP or STAG?

EastGroup Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, 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	$640.23M	14.57	$227.75M	$4.65	38.57
STAG Industrial	$767.38M	8.55	$189.22M	$1.04	33.81

Is EGP or STAG more profitable?

EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 35.57% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 24.64%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.89% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EastGroup Properties	35.57%	7.89%	4.76%
STAG Industrial	24.64%	5.51%	2.89%

Summary

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