ESS vs. SUI, MAA, UDR, ELS, CPT, EQR, AVB, HST, AMH, and DOC
Should you be buying Essex Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essex Property Trust include Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), and Healthpeak Properties (DOC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) and Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Essex Property Trust received 322 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.19% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 57.09% of users gave Essex Property Trust an outperform vote.
Essex Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sun Communities had 4 more articles in the media than Essex Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Sun Communities and 8 mentions for Essex Property Trust. Essex Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Sun Communities' score of 1.12 indicating that Essex Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $9.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Essex Property Trust pays out 155.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sun Communities pays out 329.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essex Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Essex Property Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. Essex Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Essex Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $245.37, indicating a potential downside of 0.63%. Sun Communities has a consensus target price of $141.17, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Given Sun Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than Essex Property Trust.
Essex Property Trust has a net margin of 24.31% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 4.40%. Essex Property Trust's return on equity of 7.10% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.
96.5% of Essex Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Essex Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Essex Property Trust beats Sun Communities on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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