FR vs. STAG, EGP, STWD, COLD, ADC, RHP, AGNC, AIRC, HR, and RITM
Should you be buying First Industrial Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Industrial Realty Trust include STAG Industrial (STAG), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Agree Realty (ADC), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Rithm Capital (RITM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STAG Industrial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and First Industrial Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STAG Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $39.13, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $53.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Given STAG Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
First Industrial Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust 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.
STAG Industrial received 21 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.74% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to First Industrial Realty Trust's net margin of 24.92%. STAG Industrial's return on equity of 10.97% beat First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 7 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for STAG Industrial and 11 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat First Industrial Realty Trust's score of 0.80 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Industrial Realty Trust beats STAG Industrial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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