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$11.81 -0.38 (-3.12%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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WSR vs. REG, AKR, ALEX, BFS, BRX, FRT, KIM, KRG, OLP, and UE

Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include Regency Centers (REG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), Saul Centers (BFS), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), One Liberty Properties (OLP), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Whitestone REIT vs. Its Competitors

Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 11 more articles in the media than Whitestone REIT. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Regency Centers and 11 mentions for Whitestone REIT. Whitestone REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.73 indicating that Whitestone REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Whitestone REIT
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regency Centers
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.00% compared to Whitestone REIT's net margin of 21.70%. Whitestone REIT's return on equity of 7.76% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Whitestone REIT21.70% 7.76% 2.98%
Regency Centers 27.00%6.05%3.22%

Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Whitestone REIT pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers pays out 131.8% 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 has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Whitestone REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Whitestone REIT currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.01%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $77.92, suggesting a potential upside of 10.56%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Whitestone REIT is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Whitestone REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Regency Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Whitestone REIT$154.28M3.90$36.89M$0.6019.68
Regency Centers$1.45B8.80$400.39M$2.1432.93

Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Regency Centers beats Whitestone REIT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WSR vs. The Competition

MetricWhitestone REITREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$620.42M$8.30B$12.08B$20.69B
Dividend Yield4.43%6.00%5.63%3.67%
P/E Ratio18.1771.2719.7429.07
Price / Sales3.904.8225.9166.55
Price / Cash8.4617.7921.3322.84
Price / Book1.391.612.094.43
Net Income$36.89M$128.99M$1.00B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-6.16%-4.24%-2.46%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-7.08%-3.47%-0.96%-2.06%
1 Year Performance-11.87%-9.58%537.06%10.15%

Whitestone REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSR
Whitestone REIT
4.5679 of 5 stars
$11.81
-3.1%
$15.00
+27.0%
-13.6%$620.42M$154.28M18.1790News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
REG
Regency Centers
4.3561 of 5 stars
$70.04
-1.6%
$77.54
+10.7%
+2.8%$12.92B$1.45B33.04440Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.5658 of 5 stars
$18.63
-0.7%
$25.00
+34.2%
-14.5%$2.46B$359.69M116.44120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
ALEX
Alexander & Baldwin
3.6366 of 5 stars
$18.27
-0.8%
$23.00
+25.9%
-9.4%$1.34B$236.67M17.07140Analyst Revision
BFS
Saul Centers
3.7376 of 5 stars
$32.67
-1.3%
$45.50
+39.3%
-19.6%$801.30M$274.01M22.22110News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.2879 of 5 stars
$25.53
-0.4%
$30.30
+18.7%
-0.4%$7.84B$1.29B24.31500News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7524 of 5 stars
$93.18
-1.1%
$111.29
+19.4%
-19.7%$8.08B$1.20B26.70320Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.3142 of 5 stars
$21.55
-1.1%
$24.70
+14.6%
-5.9%$14.73B$2.04B27.99640Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
4.1694 of 5 stars
$22.59
-0.3%
$27.22
+20.5%
-12.8%$4.98B$856.17M322.71240News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
OLP
One Liberty Properties
3.8339 of 5 stars
$22.82
-1.6%
$28.00
+22.7%
-14.2%$500.56M$90.56M16.909Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UE
Urban Edge Properties
3.1919 of 5 stars
$19.56
-0.7%
$22.00
+12.5%
-5.6%$2.48B$444.97M30.56120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
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