INVH vs. SBAC, ARE, BEKE, BSBR, ERIE, HBAN, WRB, LPLA, STT, and PFG
Should you be buying Invitation Homes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invitation Homes include SBA Communications (SBAC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), KE (BEKE), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), W. R. Berkley (WRB), LPL Financial (LPLA), State Street (STT), and Principal Financial Group (PFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) and Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Invitation Homes had 6 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Invitation Homes and 9 mentions for SBA Communications. Invitation Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat SBA Communications' score of 0.92 indicating that SBA Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SBA Communications presently has a consensus target price of $252.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.88%. Invitation Homes has a consensus target price of $38.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.29%. Given Invitation Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Invitation Homes.
SBA Communications has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invitation Homes has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Invitation Homes pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SBA Communications pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invitation Homes pays out 128.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SBA Communications has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Invitation Homes has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Invitation Homes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Invitation Homes has a net margin of 21.75% compared to Invitation Homes' net margin of 20.61%. SBA Communications' return on equity of 5.29% beat Invitation Homes' return on equity.
97.4% of SBA Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Invitation Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Invitation Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Invitation Homes has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SBA Communications. SBA Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invitation Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SBA Communications received 423 more outperform votes than Invitation Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.47% of users gave Invitation Homes an outperform vote while only 67.37% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
SBA Communications beats Invitation Homes on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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