EGP vs. STAG, FR, TRNO, PLD, EXR, VICI, AVB, EQR, IRM, and WY
Should you be buying EastGroup Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EastGroup Properties include STAG Industrial (STAG), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Prologis (PLD), Extra Space Storage (EXR), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), and Weyerhaeuser (WY).
EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 4 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for STAG Industrial and 6 mentions for EastGroup Properties. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.43 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EastGroup Properties presently has a consensus target price of $183.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.02%. STAG Industrial has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Given STAG Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe STAG Industrial is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. EastGroup Properties pays out 110.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
EastGroup Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EastGroup Properties received 5 more outperform votes than STAG Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.82% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.07% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 36.36% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 24.92%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 8.70% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.
EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EastGroup Properties beats STAG Industrial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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