UNIT vs. PGRE, ESRT, PEB, FCPT, GRP.U, SITC, EPR, BXMT, SKT, and NSA
Should you be buying Uniti Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uniti Group include Paramount Group (PGRE), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), SITE Centers (SITC), EPR Properties (EPR), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Tanger (SKT), and National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) and Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Uniti Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Group. Paramount Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uniti Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Uniti Group presently has a consensus price target of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 89.97%. Paramount Group has a consensus price target of $4.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.44%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than Paramount Group.
Uniti Group has a net margin of 1.43% compared to Paramount Group's net margin of -33.85%. Uniti Group's return on equity of -0.68% beat Paramount Group's return on equity.
Uniti Group received 223 more outperform votes than Paramount Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 48.02% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.
87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Paramount Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Paramount Group shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Uniti Group and Uniti Group both had 3 articles in the media. Paramount Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Uniti Group's score of 0.77 indicating that Paramount Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Uniti Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.4%. Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Uniti Group pays out 1,000.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paramount Group pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Uniti Group beats Paramount Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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