CSR vs. PECO, KRC, HASI, IRT, CTRE, APLE, CUZ, PCH, SLG, and SBRA
Should you be buying Centerspace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerspace include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Cousins Properties (CUZ), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 9.33% compared to Centerspace's net margin of -2.38%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 2.21% beat Centerspace's return on equity.
Centerspace received 11 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 40.58% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote while only 34.00% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
79.0% of Centerspace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Centerspace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by 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.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Centerspace. Centerspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 8 more articles in the media than Centerspace. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 2 mentions for Centerspace. Centerspace's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.34 indicating that Centerspace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centerspace currently has a consensus target price of $67.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.01%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus target price of $37.43, suggesting a potential upside of 17.18%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Centerspace.
Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Centerspace pays out -375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 254.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centerspace is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Centerspace has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. beats Centerspace on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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