Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR – Get Free Report) and InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.
Risk and Volatility
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust and InvenTrust Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| InvenTrust Properties | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust and InvenTrust Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | $99.44 million | 0.00 | $8.77 million | ($749.84) | -0.00 |
| InvenTrust Properties | $299.17 million | 8.69 | $111.42 million | $0.20 | 166.70 |
InvenTrust Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InvenTrust Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
35.3% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.9% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned 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.
Profitability
This table compares Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust and InvenTrust Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | 14.99% | -151.35% | 2.36% |
| InvenTrust Properties | 4.80% | 0.85% | 0.53% |
Summary
InvenTrust Properties beats Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust
Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning and operating income-producing retail properties with a primary focus on grocery-anchored centers.
About InvenTrust Properties
InvenTrust Properties Corp. (the “Company,” “IVT,” or “InvenTrust”) is a premier Sun Belt, multi-tenant essential retail REIT that owns, leases, redevelops, acquires and manages grocery-anchored neighborhood and community centers as well as high-quality power centers that often have a grocery component. Management pursues the Company’s business strategy by acquiring retail properties in Sun Belt markets, opportunistically disposing of retail properties, maintaining a flexible capital structure, and enhancing environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices and standards. A trusted, local operator bringing real estate expertise to its tenant relationships, IVT has built a strong reputation with market participants across its portfolio. IVT is committed to leadership in ESG practices and has been a Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”) member since 2013.
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