WSR vs. LXP, AAT, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, ABR, OUT, and DEI
Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), and Douglas Emmett (DEI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Whitestone REIT received 47 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Whitestone REIT. Whitestone REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Whitestone REIT pays out 104.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 1,300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Whitestone REIT has a net margin of 16.64% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 5.52%. Whitestone REIT's return on equity of 5.77% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.
Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Whitestone REIT currently has a consensus target price of $13.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.49%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.41%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Whitestone REIT.
69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Whitestone REIT and Whitestone REIT both had 3 articles in the media. Whitestone REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of 0.27 indicating that Whitestone REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Whitestone REIT beats LXP Industrial Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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