Whitestone REIT (WSR) Competitors

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

Is LXP or WSR a better dividend stock?

LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LXP or WSR?

Whitestone REIT received 51 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.45% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LXP Industrial Trust	Outperform Votes 271 50.75%	Underperform Votes 263 49.25%
Whitestone REIT	Outperform Votes 322 61.45%	Underperform Votes 202 38.55%

Do analysts rate LXP or WSR?

LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 46.10%. Whitestone REIT has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.71%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's higher possible upside, 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor LXP or WSR?

In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Whitestone REIT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust and 2 mentions for Whitestone REIT. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.00 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Whitestone REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, LXP or WSR?

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LXP or WSR?

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, 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LXP or WSR 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
LXP Industrial Trust	12.40%	2.15%	1.13%
Whitestone REIT	13.97%	4.98%	1.88%

Which has better earnings & valuation, LXP or WSR?

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
LXP Industrial Trust	$358.46M	6.40	$44.53M	$0.13	59.67
Whitestone REIT	$155.51M	4.34	$19.18M	$0.71	18.67

Summary

LXP Industrial Trust beats Whitestone REIT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.