WPC vs. SPG, PSA, O, DLR, CCI, VICI, EXR, AVB, EQR, and IRM
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), Extra Space Storage (EXR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), and Iron Mountain (IRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than W. P. Carey. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. P. Carey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of W. P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Simon Property Group pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and W. P. Carey has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Simon Property Group received 534 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Simon Property Group had 10 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Simon Property Group and 7 mentions for W. P. Carey. W. P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.98 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Simon Property Group currently has a consensus target price of $145.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.20%. W. P. Carey has a consensus target price of $63.18, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Given Simon Property Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than Simon Property Group.
Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 46.49% compared to Simon Property Group's net margin of 33.65%. W. P. Carey's return on equity of 78.50% beat Simon Property Group's return on equity.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats W. P. Carey on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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