WisdomTree (WT) Competitors

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and WisdomTree (NYSE:WT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EPRT or WT?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than WisdomTree. Essential Properties Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WisdomTree, 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
Essential Properties Realty Trust	$359.60M	15.48	$190.71M	$1.15	27.61
WisdomTree	$349.04M	4.02	$102.55M	$0.29	33.16

Do analysts recommend EPRT or WT?

Essential Properties Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $33.91, indicating a potential upside of 6.79%. WisdomTree has a consensus target price of $12.54, indicating a potential upside of 30.44%. Given WisdomTree's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WisdomTree is more favorable than Essential Properties Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Properties Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
WisdomTree	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is EPRT or WT a better dividend stock?

Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. WisdomTree pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 102.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WisdomTree pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is EPRT or WT more profitable?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 46.00% compared to WisdomTree's net margin of 14.33%. WisdomTree's return on equity of 22.91% beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Properties Realty Trust	46.00%	6.20%	3.82%
WisdomTree	14.33%	22.91%	9.81%

Does the media favor EPRT or WT?

In the previous week, WisdomTree had 1 more articles in the media than Essential Properties Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for WisdomTree and 4 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust. Essential Properties Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat WisdomTree's score of -0.10 indicating that Essential Properties Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essential Properties Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WisdomTree	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EPRT or WT?

Essential Properties Realty Trust received 186 more outperform votes than WisdomTree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 62.07% of users gave WisdomTree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essential Properties Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 204 63.16%	Underperform Votes 119 36.84%
WisdomTree	Outperform Votes 18 62.07%	Underperform Votes 11 37.93%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EPRT or WT?

97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of WisdomTree shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of WisdomTree shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, EPRT or WT?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WisdomTree has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Essential Properties Realty Trust beats WisdomTree on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.