NETSTREIT (NYSE:NTST – Get Free Report) and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and earnings.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares NETSTREIT and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NETSTREIT | $157.68 million | 8.24 | $6.84 million | ($0.15) | -106.00 |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | $103.06 million | 0.15 | -$4.69 million | ($5,369.93) | 0.00 |
Dividends
NETSTREIT pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 32.7%. NETSTREIT pays out -560.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NETSTREIT has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for NETSTREIT and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NETSTREIT | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3.11 |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
NETSTREIT currently has a consensus target price of $18.16, suggesting a potential upside of 14.19%. Given NETSTREIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NETSTREIT is more favorable than Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust.
Risk & Volatility
NETSTREIT has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
35.3% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of NETSTREIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.4% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment 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.
Profitability
This table compares NETSTREIT and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NETSTREIT | -2.96% | -0.35% | -0.22% |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | -29.69% | N/A | -4.57% |
Summary
NETSTREIT beats Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
About NETSTREIT
NETSTREIT Corp. is an internally managed real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Dallas, Texas that specializes in acquiring single-tenant net lease retail properties nationwide. The growing portfolio consists of high-quality properties leased to e-commerce resistant tenants with healthy balance sheets. Led by a management team of seasoned commercial real estate executives, NETSTREIT’s strategy is to create the highest quality net lease retail portfolio in the country with the goal of generating consistent cash flows and dividends for its investors.
About Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust
Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning and operating income-producing retail properties with a primary focus on grocery-anchored centers.
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