GNL vs. BRX, STAG, RHP, FR, ADC, HR, STWD, AIRC, RITM, and KRG
Should you be buying Global Net Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Net Lease include Brixmor Property Group (BRX), STAG Industrial (STAG), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Agree Realty (ADC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) and Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Global Net Lease presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.06%. Brixmor Property Group has a consensus target price of $25.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.62%. Given Global Net Lease's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Global Net Lease is more favorable than Brixmor Property Group.
Brixmor Property Group has a net margin of 22.47% compared to Global Net Lease's net margin of -37.46%. Brixmor Property Group's return on equity of 9.84% beat Global Net Lease's return on equity.
Brixmor Property Group received 230 more outperform votes than Global Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.06% of users gave Brixmor Property Group an outperform vote while only 52.91% of users gave Global Net Lease an outperform vote.
Brixmor Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Global Net Lease. Global Net Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brixmor Property Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Global Net Lease pays out -60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brixmor Property Group pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Net Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Brixmor Property Group had 5 more articles in the media than Global Net Lease. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brixmor Property Group and 1 mentions for Global Net Lease. Global Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Brixmor Property Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Global Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brixmor Property Group beats Global Net Lease on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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