Apartment Income REIT (AIRC) Competitors

Apartment Income REIT (NYSE:AIRC) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.

Is AIRC or WY more profitable?

Apartment Income REIT has a net margin of 79.54% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 10.57%. Apartment Income REIT's return on equity of 25.86% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apartment Income REIT	79.54%	25.86%	10.17%
Weyerhaeuser	10.57%	7.00%	4.14%

Do analysts rate AIRC or WY?

Apartment Income REIT presently has a consensus price target of $36.59, suggesting a potential downside of 5.58%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus price target of $37.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.43%. Given Weyerhaeuser's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Apartment Income REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apartment Income REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Weyerhaeuser	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AIRC or WY?

98.1% of Apartment Income REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Apartment Income REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AIRC or WY?

Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Income REIT. Apartment Income REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, 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
Apartment Income REIT	$820.04M	6.86	$635.10M	$4.26	9.10
Weyerhaeuser	$7.67B	2.85	$839M	$1.10	27.30

Does the media favor AIRC or WY?

In the previous week, Apartment Income REIT had 2 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Apartment Income REIT and 6 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Apartment Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.61 indicating that Apartment Income REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apartment Income REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weyerhaeuser	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AIRC or WY a better dividend stock?

Apartment Income REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Apartment Income REIT pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Apartment Income REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AIRC or WY?

Weyerhaeuser received 531 more outperform votes than Apartment Income REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 32.39% of users gave Apartment Income REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apartment Income REIT	Outperform Votes 23 32.39%	Underperform Votes 48 67.61%
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 554 64.80%	Underperform Votes 301 35.20%

Which has more risk and volatility, AIRC or WY?

Apartment Income REIT has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apartment Income REIT beats Weyerhaeuser on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.