UMH vs. AIV, MFA, FBRT, SVC, ALEX, PGRE, PMT, CSR, CIM, and PLYM
Should you be buying UMH Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UMH Properties include Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), MFA Financial (MFA), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), Paramount Group (PGRE), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Centerspace (CSR), Chimera Investment (CIM), and Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) and UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Apartment Investment and Management had 8 more articles in the media than UMH Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management and 3 mentions for UMH Properties. UMH Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Apartment Investment and Management's score of 0.20 indicating that Apartment Investment and Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of UMH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of UMH Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Apartment Investment and Management received 141 more outperform votes than UMH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.04% of users gave UMH Properties an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Apartment Investment and Management an outperform vote.
UMH Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. UMH Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apartment Investment and Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UMH Properties has a net margin of 3.42% compared to UMH Properties' net margin of -86.84%. Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity of 1.92% beat UMH Properties' return on equity.
Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMH Properties has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UMH Properties has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.87%. Given Apartment Investment and Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe UMH Properties is more favorable than Apartment Investment and Management.
Summary
UMH Properties beats Apartment Investment and Management on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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