GRP.U vs. EPR, MAC, BXMT, SKT, HHH, SLG, SBRA, HASI, SITC, and CTRE
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple include EPR Properties (EPR), Macerich (MAC), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Tanger (SKT), Howard Hughes (HHH), SL Green Realty (SLG), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), SITE Centers (SITC), and CareTrust REIT (CTRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 91.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties pays out 168.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
EPR Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple had 1 more articles in the media than EPR Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple and 6 mentions for EPR Properties. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.53 indicating that Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EPR Properties received 370 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.63% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 40.76% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 25.39%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 7.23% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $48.05, suggesting a potential upside of 11.07%. Given EPR Properties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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