CUBE vs. COLD, AIRC, KRC, VTR, MLP, AXR, ASPS, LEJU, XIN, and AGNCP
Should you be buying CubeSmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CubeSmart include Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Ventas (VTR), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), AMREP (AXR), Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), Leju (LEJU), Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), and AGNC Investment (AGNCP).
CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
CubeSmart received 174 more outperform votes than Americold Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote.
CubeSmart has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CubeSmart and CubeSmart both had 15 articles in the media. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat CubeSmart's score of 0.60 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CubeSmart presently has a consensus price target of $46.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.67%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.33%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than CubeSmart.
CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. CubeSmart pays out 113.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Americold Realty Trust pays out -72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
CubeSmart has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by company 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.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -12.58%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.46% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Americold Realty Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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