STAG vs. EGP, FR, TRNO, PLD, EQR, IRM, WY, ARE, SBAC, and VTR
Should you be buying STAG Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STAG Industrial include EastGroup Properties (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Prologis (PLD), Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), SBA Communications (SBAC), and Ventas (VTR).
EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 36.36% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 24.92%. STAG Industrial's return on equity of 8.70% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.
EastGroup Properties currently has a consensus price target of $183.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.02%. STAG Industrial has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.24%. Given EastGroup Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe STAG Industrial is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and STAG Industrial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. STAG Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat STAG Industrial's score of 0.43 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
EastGroup Properties beats STAG Industrial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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