AIRC vs. RITM, ADC, HR, RHP, FR, VNO, EPRT, STAG, STWD, and KRG
Should you be buying Apartment Income REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apartment Income REIT include Rithm Capital (RITM), Agree Realty (ADC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), STAG Industrial (STAG), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), and Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apartment Income REIT (NYSE:AIRC) and Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Apartment Income REIT has a net margin of 79.54% compared to Rithm Capital's net margin of 19.77%. Apartment Income REIT's return on equity of 25.86% beat Rithm Capital's return on equity.
Apartment Income REIT has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rithm Capital has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.1% of Apartment Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.9% of Rithm Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Apartment Income REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Rithm Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Apartment Income REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Rithm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Apartment Income REIT pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rithm Capital pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Rithm Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Apartment Income REIT. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Rithm Capital and 12 mentions for Apartment Income REIT. Apartment Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Rithm Capital's score of 0.46 indicating that Apartment Income REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Apartment Income REIT presently has a consensus target price of $36.59, suggesting a potential downside of 5.50%. Rithm Capital has a consensus target price of $12.32, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Rithm Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rithm Capital is more favorable than Apartment Income REIT.
Apartment Income REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rithm Capital. Rithm Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apartment Income REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rithm Capital received 545 more outperform votes than Apartment Income REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.67% of users gave Rithm Capital an outperform vote while only 32.39% of users gave Apartment Income REIT an outperform vote.
Summary
Apartment Income REIT beats Rithm Capital on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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