BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT – Get Free Report) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for BRT Apartments and LXP Industrial Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.
| 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 |
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% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares BRT Apartments and LXP Industrial Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BRT Apartments | $95.90 million | 2.88 | -$9.79 million | ($0.49) | -29.81 |
| LXP Industrial Trust | $364.34 million | 7.78 | $44.53 million | $0.38 | 25.22 |
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.
Dividends
BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. BRT Apartments pays out -204.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 147.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Risk & Volatility
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.
Summary
LXP Industrial Trust beats BRT Apartments on 14 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.
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