BRX vs. EQR, IRM, WY, ARE, SBAC, VTR, ESS, MAA, SUI, and DOC
Should you be buying Brixmor Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brixmor Property Group include Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), SBA Communications (SBAC), Ventas (VTR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), and Healthpeak Properties (DOC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) and Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Equity Residential has higher revenue and earnings than Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Residential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equity Residential has a net margin of 31.70% compared to Brixmor Property Group's net margin of 22.47%. Brixmor Property Group's return on equity of 9.84% beat Equity Residential's return on equity.
Equity Residential received 62 more outperform votes than Brixmor Property Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.06% of users gave Brixmor Property Group an outperform vote while only 47.77% of users gave Equity Residential an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Equity Residential had 8 more articles in the media than Brixmor Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Equity Residential and 6 mentions for Brixmor Property Group. Equity Residential's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Brixmor Property Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Equity Residential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brixmor Property Group currently has a consensus target price of $25.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.62%. Equity Residential has a consensus target price of $68.41, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. Given Brixmor Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than Equity Residential.
98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Equity Residential shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Residential has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Brixmor Property Group pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity Residential pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Equity Residential beats Brixmor Property Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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