UE vs. CWK, FOR, GTY, KW, CMTG, IIPR, EFC, AHH, HPP, and FRPH
Should you be buying Urban Edge Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Edge Properties include Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Forestar Group (FOR), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and FRP (FRPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) and Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Urban Edge Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cushman & Wakefield. Urban Edge Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Urban Edge Properties had 9 more articles in the media than Cushman & Wakefield. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Urban Edge Properties and 5 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield. Urban Edge Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 0.29 indicating that Cushman & Wakefield is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 63.27% compared to Urban Edge Properties' net margin of 0.13%. Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity of 24.36% beat Urban Edge Properties' return on equity.
Urban Edge Properties received 9 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.
95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cushman & Wakefield currently has a consensus price target of $11.08, suggesting a potential upside of 4.96%. Urban Edge Properties has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.99%. Given Urban Edge Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cushman & Wakefield is more favorable than Urban Edge Properties.
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats Cushman & Wakefield on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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