Whitestone REIT (WSR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WSR or LXP?

Whitestone REIT received 51 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Whitestone REIT	Outperform Votes 322 61.69%	Underperform Votes 200 38.31%
LXP Industrial Trust	Outperform Votes 271 50.75%	Underperform Votes 263 49.25%

Do analysts rate WSR or LXP?

Whitestone REIT currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.23%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus price target of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.60%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Whitestone REIT.

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
LXP Industrial Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WSR or LXP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Whitestone REIT	$155.51M	4.75	$19.18M	$0.71	20.44
LXP Industrial Trust	$358.46M	7.21	$44.53M	$0.13	67.27

Is WSR or LXP more profitable?

Whitestone REIT has a net margin of 13.97% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 12.40%. 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
Whitestone REIT	13.97%	4.98%	1.88%
LXP Industrial Trust	12.40%	2.15%	1.13%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WSR or LXP?

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

Is WSR or LXP a better dividend stock?

Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Whitestone REIT pays out 76.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 415.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, WSR or LXP?

Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer WSR or LXP?

In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 4 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 2 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.70 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Whitestone REIT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LXP Industrial Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Whitestone REIT beats LXP Industrial Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.