GTY vs. FOR, KW, CMTG, EFC, AHH, UE, HPP, CWK, FRPH, and SRG
Should you be buying Getty Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Getty Realty include Forestar Group (FOR), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), FRP (FRPH), and Seritage Growth Properties (SRG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) and Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Getty Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Getty Realty has a net margin of 32.74% compared to Forestar Group's net margin of 12.99%. Forestar Group's return on equity of 14.59% beat Getty Realty's return on equity.
Getty Realty currently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.70%. Forestar Group has a consensus target price of $32.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.44%. Given Getty Realty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Forestar Group.
Forestar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Realty. Forestar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Getty Realty had 2 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Getty Realty and 1 mentions for Forestar Group. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Getty Realty's score of 0.56 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Getty Realty received 115 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.99% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Getty Realty an outperform vote.
Getty Realty has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Forestar Group beats Getty Realty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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