JBGS vs. KRG, EPRT, VNO, RYN, PECO, KRC, HASI, IRT, CTRE, and APLE
Should you be buying JBG SMITH Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JBG SMITH Properties include Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) and Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Kite Realty Group Trust received 66 more outperform votes than JBG SMITH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.64% of users gave JBG SMITH Properties an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kite Realty Group Trust has a net margin of 6.83% compared to JBG SMITH Properties' net margin of -22.37%. Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity of 1.56% beat JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity.
JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kite Realty Group Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JBG SMITH Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Kite Realty Group Trust had 2 more articles in the media than JBG SMITH Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust and 4 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat JBG SMITH Properties' score of 0.34 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JBG SMITH Properties presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.69%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus price target of $26.40, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than JBG SMITH Properties.
Summary
Kite Realty Group Trust beats JBG SMITH Properties on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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