Head to Head Survey: Gadsden Properties (OTCMKTS:GADS) & United Dominion Realty Trust (NYSE:UDR)

United Dominion Realty Trust (NYSE:UDR) and Gadsden Properties (OTCMKTS:GADS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for United Dominion Realty Trust and Gadsden Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United Dominion Realty Trust	1	13	4	0	2.17
Gadsden Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

United Dominion Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $41.43, indicating a potential upside of 20.96%. Given United Dominion Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe United Dominion Realty Trust is more favorable than Gadsden Properties.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.8% of United Dominion Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of United Dominion Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Gadsden Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

United Dominion Realty Trust has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gadsden Properties has a beta of -8.36, suggesting that its share price is 936% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares United Dominion Realty Trust and Gadsden Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United Dominion Realty Trust	8.80%	4.51%	1.39%
Gadsden Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares United Dominion Realty Trust and Gadsden Properties”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United Dominion Realty Trust	$1.70 billion	6.65	$89.58 million	$0.44	77.85
Gadsden Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

United Dominion Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gadsden Properties.

Summary

United Dominion Realty Trust beats Gadsden Properties on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About United Dominion Realty Trust

UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR), an S&P 500 company, is a leading multifamily real estate investment trust with a demonstrated performance history of delivering superior and dependable returns by successfully managing, buying, selling, developing and redeveloping attractive real estate communities in targeted U.S. markets. As of December 31, 2023, UDR owned or had an ownership position in 60,336 apartment homes including 359 homes under development. For over 51 years, UDR has delivered long-term value to shareholders, the best standard of service to Residents and the highest quality experience for Associates.

About Gadsden Properties

Gadsden Properties, Inc. is a Nevada corporation that was formed on December 28, 2010. Gadsden concentrates primarily on investments in high quality income-producing assets, residential developments and other opportunistic commercial properties in secondary and tertiary markets across the United States. The Company derives value from smaller, flexible retail investments that range from $5 million to $50 million and off-market mixed-use properties ranging from $50 million to $250 million. As a result of this chosen strategy, we believe that Gadsden is developing a unique competitive advantage that generally allows the Company to invest in markets and assets that are often overlooked by larger institutional investors, such as publicly-traded REITs and other large institutional investors. As part of its strategy, Gadsden attracts specific sellers that prefer the tax deferral advantages offered through issuing operating partnership units in exchange for their properties. These real estate assets are typically operated by independent owners that are seeking to monetize their real estate holdings, and who are typically not well capitalized or well-seasoned real estate operators. These transactions create a variety of outcomes for Gadsden and the sellers typically resulting in lease-up and value-added opportunities that may not be otherwise achieved.