Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) & Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Rexford Industrial Realty (NYSE:REXR) is one of 50 publicly-traded companies in the “Industrial REITs” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Rexford Industrial Realty to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Rexford Industrial Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Rexford Industrial Realty pays out -82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Industrial REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.5% and pay out 104.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Rexford Industrial Realty has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Rexford Industrial Realty is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rexford Industrial Realty and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rexford Industrial Realty	$1.00 billion	$212.03 million	-18.14
Rexford Industrial Realty Competitors	$998.81 million	$263.98 million	54.26

Rexford Industrial Realty has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Rexford Industrial Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Rexford Industrial Realty and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rexford Industrial Realty	-47.15%	-5.72%	-3.89%
Rexford Industrial Realty Competitors	37.69%	4.99%	2.40%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Rexford Industrial Realty and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rexford Industrial Realty	3	5	7	0	2.27
Rexford Industrial Realty Competitors	415	2299	2547	75	2.43

Rexford Industrial Realty currently has a consensus price target of $41.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. As a group, “Industrial REITs” companies have a potential upside of 46.89%. Given Rexford Industrial Realty’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rexford Industrial Realty has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Rexford Industrial Realty has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rexford Industrial Realty’s competitors have a beta of 1.04, suggesting that their average share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.5% of Rexford Industrial Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of shares of all “Industrial REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Rexford Industrial Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of shares of all “Industrial REITs” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Rexford Industrial Realty competitors beat Rexford Industrial Realty on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Rexford Industrial Realty

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, which engages in owning and operating industrial properties in infill markets. The company was founded by Richard S. Ziman on January 18, 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.