Head-To-Head Contrast: BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) & LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP)

BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BRT Apartments and LXP Industrial Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BRT Apartments	$95.76 million	2.88	-$9.79 million	($0.51)	-28.46
LXP Industrial Trust	$364.34 million	7.44	$44.53 million	$1.90	24.12

LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for BRT Apartments and LXP Industrial Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRT Apartments	1	1	1	0	2.00
LXP Industrial Trust	0	2	5	0	2.71

BRT Apartments currently has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.34%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.81%. Given BRT Apartments’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than LXP Industrial Trust.

Volatility & Risk

BRT Apartments has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares BRT Apartments and LXP Industrial Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRT Apartments	-9.51%	-4.57%	-1.30%
LXP Industrial Trust	24.07%	4.34%	2.30%

Dividends

BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BRT Apartments pays out -196.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. LXP Industrial Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

LXP Industrial Trust beats BRT Apartments on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BRT Apartments

BRT Apartments Corp. is a real estate investment trust. It engages in the ownership, operation, and holding interests in joint ventures that own and operate multi-family properties. The company was founded in June 1972 and is headquartered in Great Neck, NY.

About LXP Industrial Trust

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE: LXP) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on single-tenant industrial real estate investments across the United States. LXP seeks to expand its industrial portfolio through acquisitions, build-to-suit transactions, sale-leaseback transactions, development projects and other transactions.