Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY) Competitors

Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) and Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ:CRESY) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UE or CRESY?

94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor UE or CRESY?

In the previous week, Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria and 1 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. Urban Edge Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's score of 0.00 indicating that Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Urban Edge Properties	Neutral
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UE or CRESY?

Urban Edge Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Edge Properties, 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
Urban Edge Properties	$416.92M	5.05	$248.50M	$2.30	7.71
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	$825.69M	0.71	$245.67M	$1.93	5.13

Which has more risk and volatility, UE or CRESY?

Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UE or CRESY a better dividend stock?

Urban Edge Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Urban Edge Properties pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays out 19.2% 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. Urban Edge Properties has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Urban Edge Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is UE or CRESY more profitable?

Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 63.27% compared to Urban Edge Properties' net margin of 13.46%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's return on equity of 24.36% beat Urban Edge Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Edge Properties	63.27%	24.36%	8.80%
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	13.46%	4.79%	2.12%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UE or CRESY?

Urban Edge Properties received 30 more outperform votes than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.38% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Edge Properties	Outperform Votes 205 45.76%	Underperform Votes 243 54.24%
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 57.38%	Underperform Votes 130 42.62%

Do analysts rate UE or CRESY?

Urban Edge Properties currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.52%. Given Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Edge Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Urban Edge Properties beats Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.