Head to Head Contrast: Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) vs. Its Peers

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Rexford Industrial Realty and its competitors, as provided 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	2294	2534	75	2.43

Rexford Industrial Realty presently has a consensus target price of $40.73, suggesting a potential upside of 6.31%. As a group, “Industrial REITs” companies have a potential upside of 49.33%. Given Rexford Industrial Realty’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rexford Industrial Realty has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

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	37.65%	4.99%	2.40%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.5% of Rexford Industrial Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of shares of all “Industrial REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Rexford Industrial Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of shares of all “Industrial REITs” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rexford Industrial Realty	$977.78 million	$212.03 million	-18.16
Rexford Industrial Realty Competitors	$999.74 million	$263.98 million	55.23

Rexford Industrial Realty’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Rexford Industrial Realty. 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.

Risk and Volatility

Rexford Industrial Realty has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rexford Industrial Realty’s competitors have a beta of 1.06, indicating that their average share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 4.6% and pay out 105.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Rexford Industrial Realty has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Rexford Industrial Realty competitors beat Rexford Industrial Realty on 12 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.