LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:IIPZF) Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for LXP Industrial Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LXP Industrial Trust	0	2	1	0	2.33
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	3	4.00

LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given LXP Industrial Trust’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LXP Industrial Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LXP Industrial Trust	$358.46 million	6.80	$44.53 million	$0.28	29.41
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust	$179.73 million	7.46	-$113.59 million	($0.90)	-10.67

LXP Industrial Trust 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 LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares LXP Industrial Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust	24.07%	4.34%	2.30%
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust	-74.48%	-7.61%	-4.35%

Dividends

LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 192.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LXP Industrial Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. LXP Industrial Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Volatility & Risk

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LXP Industrial Trust beats InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LXP Industrial Trust

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE: LXP) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on single-tenant industrial real estate investments across the United States. LXP seeks to expand its industrial portfolio through acquisitions, build-to-suit transactions, sale-leaseback transactions, development projects and other transactions.

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.