GRP.U vs. WPC, GLPI, LAMR, ELS, REG, CPT, REXR, NLY, BXP, and CUBE
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple include W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Boston Properties (BXP), and CubeSmart (CUBE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 40.76% compared to Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's net margin of 33.65%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity of 6.41% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.
W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. W. P. Carey pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 91.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. W. P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
W. P. Carey received 330 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.10% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. P. Carey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, W. P. Carey had 10 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for W. P. Carey and 1 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. W. P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of 0.54 indicating that Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
W. P. Carey presently has a consensus price target of $62.58, suggesting a potential upside of 10.96%. Given Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
Summary
W. P. Carey beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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