W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC – Get Free Report) and Generation Income Properties (NASDAQ:GIPR – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for W.P. Carey and Generation Income Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| W.P. Carey | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Generation Income Properties | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
W.P. Carey currently has a consensus target price of $76.79, suggesting a potential upside of 16.42%. Given W.P. Carey’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe W.P. Carey is more favorable than Generation Income Properties.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares W.P. Carey and Generation Income Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| W.P. Carey | $1.72 billion | 8.84 | $466.36 million | $2.90 | 22.74 |
| Generation Income Properties | $9.74 million | 0.05 | -$10.34 million | ($10.77) | -0.02 |
W.P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than Generation Income Properties. Generation Income Properties 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.
Profitability
This table compares W.P. Carey and Generation Income Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| W.P. Carey | 35.60% | 7.67% | 3.54% |
| Generation Income Properties | -69.39% | N/A | -6.81% |
Risk and Volatility
W.P. Carey has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generation Income Properties has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
73.7% of W.P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Generation Income Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of W.P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Generation Income Properties shares are held 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.
Summary
W.P. Carey beats Generation Income Properties on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Generation Income Properties
Generation Income Properties, Inc., located in Tampa, Florida, is an internally managed real estate investment trust formed to acquire and own, directly and jointly, real estate investments focused on retail, office, and industrial net lease properties in densely populated submarkets.
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