Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) versus Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) Head to Head Survey

Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) and Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Uniti Group and Global Net Lease, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uniti Group	0	7	1	1	2.33
Global Net Lease	0	2	4	1	2.86

Uniti Group presently has a consensus price target of $11.14, suggesting a potential upside of 3.43%. Global Net Lease has a consensus price target of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.83%. Given Global Net Lease’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Net Lease is more favorable than Uniti Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Uniti Group and Global Net Lease”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uniti Group	$2.23 billion	1.17	$1.30 billion	$3.35	3.21
Global Net Lease	$495.29 million	3.78	-$225.46 million	($0.40)	-22.11

Uniti Group has higher revenue and earnings than Global Net Lease. Global Net Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uniti Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Uniti Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Uniti Group and Global Net Lease’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uniti Group	39.61%	N/A	-3.44%
Global Net Lease	-8.72%	-2.90%	-1.07%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Uniti Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Global Net Lease shares are held 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

Uniti Group beats Global Net Lease on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Uniti Group

Uniti Group, Inc. is a real estate investment trust company, which engages in the acquisition, construction, and leasing of properties. It operates through the following business segments: Uniti Leasing, Uniti Fiber, and Corporate. The Uniti Leasing segment involves mission-critical communications assets on exclusive or shared-tenant basis, and dark fiber network. The Uniti Fiber segment includes the operation of infrastructure solutions, cell site backhauls, and dark fiber. The Corporate segment consists of office and shared service functions. The company was founded in February 2014 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

About Global Net Lease

Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE. The firm focused on acquiring a diversified global portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant, mission critical income producing net-leased assets across the United States, Western and Northern Europe.