CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (OTCMKTS:ACDSF – Get Free Report) and Stag Industrial (NYSE:STAG – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
88.7% of Stag Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Stag Industrial 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 CapitaLand Ascendas REIT and Stag Industrial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Stag Industrial | 28.04% | 6.79% | 3.43% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Stag Industrial | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.20 |
Stag Industrial has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.45%. Given Stag Industrial’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stag Industrial is more favorable than CapitaLand Ascendas REIT.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CapitaLand Ascendas REIT and Stag Industrial”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Stag Industrial | $845.18 million | 8.51 | $273.52 million | $1.30 | 28.68 |
Stag Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than CapitaLand Ascendas REIT.
Summary
Stag Industrial beats CapitaLand Ascendas REIT on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CapitaLand Ascendas REIT
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) is Singapore’s first and largest listed business space and industrial real estate investment trust. It was listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) in November 2002. CLAR has since grown to be a global REIT anchored in Singapore, with a strong focus on tech and logistics properties in developed markets. As at 31 December 2023, its investment properties under management stood at S$16.9 billion. It owns a total of 232 properties across three segments, namely Business Space and Life Sciences; Logistics; and Industrial and Data Centres. These properties are in the developed markets of Singapore, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom/Europe. These properties house a tenant base of approximately 1,790 international and local companies from a wide range of industries and activities, including data centres, information technology, engineering, logistics & supply chain management, biomedical sciences, financial services (backroom office support), electronics, government and other manufacturing and services industries. Major tenants include Singtel, DSO National Laboratories, SEA Group, Stripe, Entserve UK, DBS, Seagate, Citibank, Pinterest, and Equinix. CLAR is listed in several indices. These include the FTSE Straits Times Index, the Morgan Stanley Capital International, Inc (MSCI) Index, the European Public Real Estate Association/National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (EPRA/NAREIT) Global Real Estate Index and Global Property Research (GPR) Asia 250. CLAR has an issuer rating of A3′ by Moody’s Investors Service. CLAR is managed by CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Investment Limited, a leading global real estate investment manager with a strong Asia foothold.
About Stag Industrial
STAG Industrial, Inc. is a real estate investment company, which engages in acquiring, owning, and managing single-tenant, industrial real estate assets. It offers industrial real estate operating platform to real estate ownership. The company was founded by Benjamin S. Butcher on July 21, 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.
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