Global Net Lease (GNL) and Its Rivals Financial Comparison

Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) is one of 111 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified REITs” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Global Net Lease to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of shares of all “Diversified REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Global Net Lease shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Diversified REITs” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Net Lease’s rivals have a beta of 1.44, suggesting that their average stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Global Net Lease and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Net Lease	0	1	3	1	3.00
Global Net Lease Competitors	494	2472	1970	23	2.31

Global Net Lease presently has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 44.39%. As a group, “Diversified REITs” companies have a potential upside of 8.44%. Given Global Net Lease’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Global Net Lease is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Global Net Lease and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Net Lease	-2.28%	-0.81%	-0.31%
Global Net Lease Competitors	-35.52%	-4.62%	0.61%

Dividends

Global Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Global Net Lease pays out -271.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Diversified REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 6.8% and pay out -703.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Global Net Lease and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Net Lease	$495.29 million	-$225.46 million	-25.35
Global Net Lease Competitors	$195.85 million	$18.17 million	6.35

Global Net Lease has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Global Net Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Global Net Lease beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Global Net Lease

Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE. The firm focused on acquiring a diversified global portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant, mission critical income producing net-leased assets across the United States, Western and Northern Europe.