UDR vs. ELS, CPT, MAA, SUI, ESS, EQR, AVB, WPC, GLPI, and KIM
Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
UDR has a net margin of 27.30% compared to UDR's net margin of 22.69%. UDR's return on equity of 22.71% beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, Equity LifeStyle Properties and Equity LifeStyle Properties both had 20 articles in the media. UDR's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 0.20 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UDR has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. UDR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equity LifeStyle Properties currently has a consensus target price of $69.55, suggesting a potential upside of 14.90%. UDR has a consensus target price of $41.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.35%. Given UDR's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Equity LifeStyle Properties is more favorable than UDR.
Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UDR received 101 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.74% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote while only 55.29% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays out 104.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR pays out 126.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity LifeStyle Properties has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and UDR has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of UDR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
UDR beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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