InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:IIPZF) & W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) Head to Head Survey

InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:IIPZF) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Institutional and Insider 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices 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, indicating a potential downside of 0.65%. Given W. P. Carey’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and W. P. Carey”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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.

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.