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Whitestone REIT (WSR) Competitors

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$14.26 +0.01 (+0.07%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

WSR vs. LXP, AAT, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, FCPT, ABR, and IVT

Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), and InvenTrust Properties (IVT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Whitestone REIT vs.

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Whitestone REIT. Whitestone REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LXP Industrial Trust$340.56M7.19$30.38M$0.06138.67
Whitestone REIT$152.00M4.75$19.18M$0.4134.78

In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Whitestone REIT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust and 7 mentions for Whitestone REIT. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.55 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LXP Industrial Trust
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Whitestone REIT
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Whitestone REIT has a net margin of 13.97% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 7.64%. Whitestone REIT's return on equity of 4.98% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust7.64% 1.24% 0.65%
Whitestone REIT 13.97%4.98%1.88%

Whitestone REIT received 50 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.19% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 50.84% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LXP Industrial TrustOutperform Votes
271
50.84%
Underperform Votes
262
49.16%
Whitestone REITOutperform Votes
321
63.19%
Underperform Votes
187
36.81%

LXP Industrial Trust currently has a consensus price target of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 36.22%. Whitestone REIT has a consensus price target of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.86%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Whitestone REIT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LXP Industrial Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Whitestone REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT pays out 131.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Whitestone REIT beats LXP Industrial Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WSR vs. The Competition

MetricWhitestone REITReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$722.21M$7.00B$10.99B$19.18B
Dividend Yield3.25%6.80%9.85%3.59%
P/E Ratio34.7842.8028.5441.28
Price / Sales4.757.8248.6117.59
Price / Cash13.6117.7930.3421.28
Price / Book1.692.542.735.32
Net Income$19.18M$146.30M$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.60%-3.82%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-2.73%-4.28%-2.86%-3.68%
1 Year Performance16.31%1.86%11.28%12.14%

Whitestone REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSR
Whitestone REIT
2.0294 of 5 stars
$14.26
+0.1%
$15.67
+9.9%
+16.9%$722.21M$152.00M34.7876High Trading Volume
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.1981 of 5 stars
$8.98
-0.7%
$11.33
+26.2%
-12.9%$2.64B$340.56M150.0070Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
AAT
American Assets Trust
2.0659 of 5 stars
$27.85
+0.1%
$26.00
-6.6%
+14.8%$1.70B$456.89M30.57220Positive News
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
3.4872 of 5 stars
$16.66
-1.1%
$15.25
-8.5%
+23.2%$731.69M$147.92M84.2570Analyst Downgrade
OLP
One Liberty Properties
2.0958 of 5 stars
$28.89
+0.1%
$28.00
-3.1%
+25.0%$617.87M$89.45M17.8210Positive News
GYRO
Gyrodyne
N/A$9.46
flat
N/A+0.0%$20.81MN/A0.006
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
2.8765 of 5 stars
$45.29
+3.1%
$36.58
-19.2%
+39.3%$8.63B$1.77B-154.002,935Positive News
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.0193 of 5 stars
$31.11
+1.5%
$31.71
+1.9%
+26.5%$4.92B$828.41M92.85290Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
FCPT
Four Corners Property Trust
3.8314 of 5 stars
$28.70
-0.1%
$30.50
+6.3%
+7.9%$2.78B$250.61M26.85516Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ABR
Arbor Realty Trust
2.4008 of 5 stars
$14.50
+0.3%
$14.25
-1.7%
-11.1%$2.73B$663.11M10.71647Positive News
IVT
InvenTrust Properties
1.2846 of 5 stars
$31.36
+1.3%
$31.75
+1.2%
+16.5%$2.42B$267.46M343.89104Dividend Increase
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WSR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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