STAG Industrial (STAG) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, STAG or FR?

First Industrial Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. First Industrial Realty Trust 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	8.93	$192.85M	$1.00	34.71
First Industrial Realty Trust	$614.03M	9.91	$274.82M	$2.17	21.19

Which has more volatility & risk, STAG or FR?

STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STAG or FR?

STAG Industrial received 21 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.82% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
STAG Industrial	Outperform Votes 441 65.82%	Underperform Votes 229 34.18%
First Industrial Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 420 58.66%	Underperform Votes 296 41.34%

Do analysts rate STAG or FR?

STAG Industrial currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $53.09, suggesting a potential upside of 15.47%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STAG Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
First Industrial Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Does the media prefer STAG or FR?

In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 4 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for STAG Industrial and 3 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat STAG Industrial's score of 0.63 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
STAG Industrial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Industrial Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is STAG or FR a better dividend stock?

STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STAG or FR?

88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is STAG or FR more profitable?

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 24.92%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 10.97% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STAG Industrial	24.92%	5.21%	2.88%
First Industrial Realty Trust	45.83%	10.97%	5.57%

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats STAG Industrial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.