DEA vs. ALEX, AIV, PMT, NTST, ALX, AAT, TWO, JBGS, UMH, and ELME
Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), NETSTREIT (NTST), Alexander's (ALX), American Assets Trust (AAT), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), UMH Properties (UMH), and Elme Communities (ELME). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) and Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 20.25% compared to Alexander & Baldwin's net margin of 6.77%. Easterly Government Properties' return on equity of 4.76% beat Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity.
Alexander & Baldwin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Easterly Government Properties. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Easterly Government Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Alexander & Baldwin pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Easterly Government Properties pays out 530.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexander & Baldwin has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Easterly Government Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alexander & Baldwin had 1 more articles in the media than Easterly Government Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin and 6 mentions for Easterly Government Properties. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of -0.29 indicating that Easterly Government Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexander & Baldwin currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. Easterly Government Properties has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.83%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than Alexander & Baldwin.
Alexander & Baldwin received 33 more outperform votes than Easterly Government Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Alexander & Baldwin beats Easterly Government Properties on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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