Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) & LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) Head to Head Comparison

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for LXP Industrial Trust and Postal Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LXP Industrial Trust	0	1	3	0	2.75
Postal Realty Trust	0	1	1	0	2.50

LXP Industrial Trust currently has a consensus target price of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.89%. Postal Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. Given LXP Industrial Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Postal Realty Trust.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LXP Industrial Trust and Postal Realty Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LXP Industrial Trust	$340.42 million	8.77	$30.38 million	$0.04	253.63
Postal Realty Trust	$68.45 million	4.88	$3.71 million	$0.10	147.30

LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Postal Realty Trust. Postal Realty 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 Postal Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust	9.50%	1.51%	0.80%
Postal Realty Trust	4.93%	1.10%	0.58%

Volatility & Risk

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 1,300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Postal Realty Trust pays out 960.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Postal Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LXP Industrial Trust beats Postal Realty Trust on 12 of the 16 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 Postal Realty Trust

Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PSTL) is an internally managed real estate investment trust that owns properties primarily leased to the United States Postal Service ("USPS"). PSTL is focused on acquiring the network of USPS properties, which provide a critical element of the nation's logistics infrastructure that facilitates cost effective and efficient last-mile delivery solutions. As of December 31, 2023, PSTL owned 1,509 properties (including two properties accounted for as financing leases) located in 49 states and one territory comprising approximately 5.9 million net leasable interior square feet. Subsequent to quarter-end and through February 23, 2024, PSTL closed on eight additional properties comprising approximately 33,000 net leasable interior square feet.