WPC vs. KIM, UDR, HST, GLPI, LAMR, AMH, DOC, ELS, CPT, and REG
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include Kimco Realty (KIM), UDR (UDR), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Kimco Realty received 335 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.88% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 1 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kimco Realty and 12 mentions for W. P. Carey. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.56 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of W. P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Kimco Realty pays out 181.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimco Realty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and W. P. Carey has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. W. P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kimco Realty currently has a consensus price target of $21.48, suggesting a potential upside of 13.53%. W. P. Carey has a consensus price target of $63.18, suggesting a potential upside of 11.31%. Given W. P. Carey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than W. P. Carey.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 33.65% compared to W. P. Carey's net margin of 19.17%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 6.41% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.
W. P. Carey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kimco Realty. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimco Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kimco Realty beats W. P. Carey on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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