Terreno Realty (TRNO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EGP or TRNO?

92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Terreno Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EGP or TRNO?

EastGroup Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Terreno Realty. Terreno Realty 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
Terreno Realty	$382.62M	17.49	$184.50M	$1.92	34.94

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EGP or TRNO?

EastGroup Properties received 77 more outperform votes than Terreno Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.35% of users gave Terreno Realty 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%
Terreno Realty	Outperform Votes 382 60.35%	Underperform Votes 251 39.65%

Is EGP or TRNO a better dividend stock?

EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Terreno Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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. Terreno Realty pays out 102.1% 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 EGP or TRNO?

EastGroup Properties currently has a consensus price target of $191.65, suggesting a potential upside of 6.86%. Terreno Realty has a consensus price target of $69.27, suggesting a potential upside of 3.27%. Given EastGroup Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EastGroup Properties is more favorable than Terreno Realty.

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
Terreno Realty	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is EGP or TRNO more profitable?

Terreno Realty has a net margin of 48.18% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 35.57%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.89% beat Terreno Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EastGroup Properties	35.57%	7.89%	4.76%
Terreno Realty	48.18%	5.20%	4.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, EGP or TRNO?

EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Terreno Realty has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor EGP or TRNO?

In the previous week, Terreno Realty had 1 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Terreno Realty and 12 mentions for EastGroup Properties. Terreno Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.58 indicating that Terreno Realty 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
Terreno Realty	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

EastGroup Properties beats Terreno Realty on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.