CWK vs. UE, FOR, IIPR, GTY, KW, CMTG, EFC, AHH, HPP, and TRNO
Should you be buying Cushman & Wakefield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cushman & Wakefield include Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and Terreno Realty (TRNO). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) and Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Urban Edge Properties received 9 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.
95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties 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.
Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 63.27% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 0.13%. Urban Edge Properties' return on equity of 24.36% beat Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity.
Cushman & Wakefield presently has a consensus target price of $11.08, suggesting a potential downside of 4.95%. Urban Edge Properties has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.39%. Given Urban Edge Properties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than Cushman & Wakefield.
Urban Edge Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cushman & Wakefield. Urban Edge Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cushman & Wakefield had 3 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield and 2 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. Cushman & Wakefield's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Urban Edge Properties' score of 0.21 indicating that Cushman & Wakefield is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats Cushman & Wakefield on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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