PGRE vs. IRT, KRC, PECO, HASI, CTRE, SLG, CUZ, APLE, PCH, and HHH
Should you be buying Paramount Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Group include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), SL Green Realty (SLG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), and Howard Hughes (HHH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) and Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Paramount Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 3 mentions for Paramount Group. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Paramount Group's score of 1.18 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Independence Realty Trust has a net margin of -1.26% compared to Paramount Group's net margin of -33.85%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of -0.23% beat Paramount Group's return on equity.
Paramount Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.6% of Paramount Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Paramount Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Independence Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Group. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independence Realty Trust received 141 more outperform votes than Paramount Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 48.02% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.
Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Paramount Group pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independence Realty Trust pays out -2,132.6% 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. Independence Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Paramount Group presently has a consensus price target of $4.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.44%. Independence Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.98%. Given Paramount Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Group is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.
Summary
Independence Realty Trust beats Paramount Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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