UDR vs. ELS, SUI, CPT, MAA, ESS, EQR, AVB, KIM, WPC, and AMH
Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Sun Communities (SUI), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Kimco Realty (KIM), W. P. Carey (WPC), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
UDR has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. UDR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, UDR had 9 more articles in the media than Equity LifeStyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for UDR and 10 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties. UDR's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 0.31 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equity LifeStyle Properties currently has a consensus target price of $68.85, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. UDR has a consensus target price of $41.72, indicating a potential upside of 9.02%. Given UDR's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Equity LifeStyle Properties is more favorable than UDR.
97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of UDR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UDR has a net margin of 27.81% compared to UDR's net margin of 22.69%. UDR's return on equity of 22.71% beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity.
UDR received 103 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.65% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote while only 55.33% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays out 104.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR pays out 123.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity LifeStyle Properties has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and UDR has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UDR beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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