VRE vs. MC, VIRT, PIPR, EPRT, LB, IRT, CTRE, VCTR, PECO, and AHR
Should you be buying Veris Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veris Residential include Moelis & Company (MC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), LandBridge (LB), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Victory Capital (VCTR), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), and American Healthcare REIT (AHR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Veris Residential vs.
Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) and Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
Veris Residential presently has a consensus target price of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.32%. Moelis & Company has a consensus target price of $78.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.66%. Given Veris Residential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Veris Residential is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 3 more articles in the media than Veris Residential. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Moelis & Company and 2 mentions for Veris Residential. Moelis & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Veris Residential's score of 0.00 indicating that Moelis & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Moelis & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Veris Residential. Veris Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moelis & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moelis & Company has a net margin of 11.39% compared to Veris Residential's net margin of -5.70%. Moelis & Company's return on equity of 38.49% beat Veris Residential's return on equity.
Veris Residential has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.0% of Veris Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Veris Residential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Moelis & Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Moelis & Company received 306 more outperform votes than Veris Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.71% of users gave Moelis & Company an outperform vote while only 21.43% of users gave Veris Residential an outperform vote.
Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Veris Residential pays out -188.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moelis & Company pays out 147.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Moelis & Company beats Veris Residential on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VRE) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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