Head-To-Head Comparison: CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (OTCMKTS:ACDSF) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP)

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (OTCMKTS:ACDSF) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares LXP Industrial Trust and CapitaLand Ascendas REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LXP Industrial Trust	$350.23 million	10.20	$113.16 million	$1.00	60.59
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than CapitaLand Ascendas REIT.

Profitability

This table compares LXP Industrial Trust and CapitaLand Ascendas REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust	18.66%	3.37%	1.83%
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for LXP Industrial Trust and CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LXP Industrial Trust	0	7	3	0	2.30
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT	0	0	0	0	0.00

LXP Industrial Trust currently has a consensus price target of $56.17, indicating a potential downside of 7.31%. Given LXP Industrial Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than CapitaLand Ascendas REIT.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

LXP Industrial Trust beats CapitaLand Ascendas REIT on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About CapitaLand Ascendas REIT

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) is Singapore’s first and largest listed business space and industrial real estate investment trust. It was listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) in November 2002. CLAR has since grown to be a global REIT anchored in Singapore, with a strong focus on tech and logistics properties in developed markets. As at 31 December 2023, its investment properties under management stood at S$16.9 billion. It owns a total of 232 properties across three segments, namely Business Space and Life Sciences; Logistics; and Industrial and Data Centres. These properties are in the developed markets of Singapore, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom/Europe. These properties house a tenant base of approximately 1,790 international and local companies from a wide range of industries and activities, including data centres, information technology, engineering, logistics & supply chain management, biomedical sciences, financial services (backroom office support), electronics, government and other manufacturing and services industries. Major tenants include Singtel, DSO National Laboratories, SEA Group, Stripe, Entserve UK, DBS, Seagate, Citibank, Pinterest, and Equinix. CLAR is listed in several indices. These include the FTSE Straits Times Index, the Morgan Stanley Capital International, Inc (MSCI) Index, the European Public Real Estate Association/National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (EPRA/NAREIT) Global Real Estate Index and Global Property Research (GPR) Asia 250. CLAR has an issuer rating of A3′ by Moody’s Investors Service. CLAR is managed by CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Investment Limited, a leading global real estate investment manager with a strong Asia foothold.