InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:IIPZF – Get Free Report) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and W. P. Carey”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | $175.65 million | 5.84 | $68.33 million | ($0.11) | -63.18 |
| W. P. Carey | $1.58 billion | 8.68 | $460.84 million | $2.09 | 30.04 |
W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. P. Carey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and W. P. Carey, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 |
| W. P. Carey | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.22 |
W. P. Carey has a consensus target price of $62.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.65%. Given W. P. Carey’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and W. P. Carey’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | -8.47% | -0.81% | -0.47% |
| W. P. Carey | 29.11% | 5.37% | 2.61% |
Dividends
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -245.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. P. Carey pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
W. P. Carey beats InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust
InterRent?REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust engaged in increasing Unitholder value and creating a growing and sustainable distribution?through the acquisition and ownership of multi-residential properties. InterRent’s strategy is to expand its portfolio primarily within?markets that have exhibited stable market vacancies,?sufficient suites available to attain the critical mass necessary to implement?an efficient portfolio management structure, and?offer opportunities for accretive acquisitions. InterRent’s primary objectives are to use the proven industry experience of the Trustees,?Management and Operational Team to: (i)?to grow both funds from operations per Unit and net asset value per Unit through investments in a diversified portfolio of multi-residential properties; (ii)?to provide Unitholders with sustainable and growing cash distributions, payable monthly; and (iii)?to maintain a conservative payout ratio and balance sheet.
About W. P. Carey
W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with a well-diversified portfolio of high-quality, operationally critical commercial real estate, which includes 1,424 net lease properties covering approximately 173 million square feet and a portfolio of 89 self-storage operating properties as of December 31, 2023. With offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Dallas, the company remains focused on investing primarily in single-tenant, industrial, warehouse and retail properties located in the U.S. and Northern and Western Europe, under long-term net leases with built-in rent escalations.
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