GNL vs. RLJ, CXW, IVT, ROIC, PEB, AKR, ESRT, DRH, AHR, and RC
Should you be buying Global Net Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Net Lease include RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), and Ready Capital (RC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.3% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.29% compared to RLJ Lodging Trust's net margin of -41.14%. Global Net Lease's return on equity of 3.53% beat RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 216 more outperform votes than Global Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.68% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 52.91% of users gave Global Net Lease an outperform vote.
RLJ Lodging Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Global Net Lease. Global Net Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Global Net Lease had 6 more articles in the media than RLJ Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Global Net Lease and 6 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust. Global Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat RLJ Lodging Trust's score of -0.07 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Global Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.9%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Net Lease pays out -63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLJ Lodging Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Global Net Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
RLJ Lodging Trust presently has a consensus price target of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 33.91%. Global Net Lease has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.38%. Given RLJ Lodging Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Net Lease is more favorable than RLJ Lodging Trust.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats Global Net Lease on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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