Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM – Get Free Report) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Iron Mountain and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Iron Mountain | 1.77% | -44,660.04% | 2.94% |
| Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple | 55.97% | 5.71% | 3.34% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Iron Mountain and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Iron Mountain | $5.99 billion | 4.93 | $184.23 million | $0.36 | 279.44 |
| Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple | $550.94 million | 5.43 | $101.24 million | $3.58 | 13.33 |
Dividends
Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $1.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Iron Mountain pays out 794.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Iron Mountain and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Iron Mountain | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.14 |
| Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Iron Mountain presently has a consensus target price of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.22%. Given Iron Mountain’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Iron Mountain is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Iron Mountain beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management services. Founded in 1951 and trusted by more than 240,000 customers worldwide, Iron Mountain serves to protect and elevate the power of our customers’ work. Through a range of offerings including digital transformation, data centers, secure records storage, information management, asset lifecycle management, secure destruction and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps businesses bring light to their dark data, enabling customers to unlock value and intelligence from their stored digital and physical assets at speed and with security, while helping them meet their environmental goals.
About Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is engaged in the ownership and management of predominantly industrial properties in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe. The Company owns and manages rental income properties. Its services include sourcing and real estate acquisition, site development, assisting with government approvals and re-zoning to specific uses, build-to-suit construction, property renovation, project management and long-term leasing. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust, formerly known as Granite Real Estate Inc., is based in Toronto, Canada.
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