STAG vs. FR, EGP, COLD, RHP, AGNC, BRX, STWD, ADC, AIRC, and HR
Should you be buying STAG Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STAG Industrial include First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Agree Realty (ADC), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) and STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STAG Industrial pays out 137.0% 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 has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and STAG Industrial has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
99.8% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Industrial Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
STAG Industrial received 22 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 58.68% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Industrial Realty Trust had 10 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust and 7 mentions for STAG Industrial. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat STAG Industrial's score of 0.46 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to First Industrial Realty Trust's net margin of 27.22%. STAG Industrial's return on equity of 10.97% beat First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity.
First Industrial Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $53.11, suggesting a potential upside of 15.46%. STAG Industrial has a consensus price target of $39.13, suggesting a potential upside of 13.47%. Given STAG Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
Summary
First Industrial Realty Trust beats STAG Industrial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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