Head to Head Analysis: Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and Tritax Big Box REIT (OTCMKTS:TTBXF)

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and Tritax Big Box REIT (OTCMKTS:TTBXF) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Essential Properties Realty Trust and Tritax Big Box REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Properties Realty Trust	0	0	11	1	3.08
Tritax Big Box REIT	0	1	1	0	2.50

Essential Properties Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $36.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.11%. Given Essential Properties Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Essential Properties Realty Trust is more favorable than Tritax Big Box REIT.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Essential Properties Realty Trust and Tritax Big Box REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Essential Properties Realty Trust	$615.49 million	10.86	$253.01 million	$1.29	23.97
Tritax Big Box REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Tritax Big Box REIT.

Profitability

This table compares Essential Properties Realty Trust and Tritax Big Box REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Properties Realty Trust	43.51%	6.34%	3.81%
Tritax Big Box REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by 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

Essential Properties Realty Trust beats Tritax Big Box REIT on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Essential Properties Realty Trust

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate company, acquires, owns, and manages single-tenant properties in the United States. The company leases its properties to middle-market companies, such as restaurants, car washes, automotive services, medical and dental services, convenience stores, equipment rental, entertainment, early childhood education, grocery, and health and fitness on a long-term basis. As of December 31, 2021, it had a portfolio of 1, 451 properties. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

About Tritax Big Box REIT

Tritax Big Box REIT plc (ticker: BBOX) is the largest listed investor in high-quality logistics warehouse assets and controls the largest logistics-focused land platform in the UK. BBOX is committed to delivering attractive and sustainable returns for Shareholders by investing in and actively managing existing built investments and land suitable for logistics development. The Company focuses on well-located, modern logistics assets, typically let to institutional-grade tenants on long-term leases with upward-only rent reviews and geographic and tenant diversification throughout the UK. The Company seeks to exploit the significant opportunity provided by the imbalance between strong occupational demand and constrained supply of modern logistics real estate in the UK. The Company is a real estate investment trust to which Part 12 of the UK Corporation Tax Act 2010 applies, is listed on the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (Ticker: BBOX) and is a constituent of the FTSE 250, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT and MSCI indices.