APLE vs. CUZ, CTRE, IRT, SBRA, SLG, HHH, MAC, KRC, GRP.U, and EPR
Should you be buying Apple Hospitality REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple Hospitality REIT include Cousins Properties (CUZ), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), SL Green Realty (SLG), Howard Hughes (HHH), Macerich (MAC), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), and EPR Properties (EPR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) and Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Apple Hospitality REIT had 11 more articles in the media than Cousins Properties. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Apple Hospitality REIT and 8 mentions for Cousins Properties. Cousins Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Apple Hospitality REIT's score of 0.37 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Apple Hospitality REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Apple Hospitality REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cousins Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a net margin of 14.58% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 9.15%. Apple Hospitality REIT's return on equity of 6.16% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.
Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 111.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties pays out 261.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple Hospitality REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apple Hospitality REIT presently has a consensus price target of $18.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.99%. Cousins Properties has a consensus price target of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.22%. Given Apple Hospitality REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Apple Hospitality REIT is more favorable than Cousins Properties.
Apple Hospitality REIT received 61 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Apple Hospitality REIT an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Apple Hospitality REIT beats Cousins Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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