Financial Survey: Sila Realty Trust (SILA) vs. Its Peers

Sila Realty Trust (NYSE:SILA) is one of 293 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate investment trusts” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Sila Realty Trust to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Sila Realty Trust and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sila Realty Trust	0	0	3	0	3.00
Sila Realty Trust Competitors	4879	15892	15372	476	2.31

Sila Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $28.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.45%. As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies have a potential upside of 16.97%. Given Sila Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sila Realty Trust is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Sila Realty Trust and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sila Realty Trust	12.11%	1.54%	1.09%
Sila Realty Trust Competitors	-2.42%	-3.46%	1.20%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

68.7% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sila Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Sila Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Sila Realty Trust pays out 258.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.6% and pay out -6.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sila Realty Trust and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sila Realty Trust	$184.47 million	$24.04 million	39.37
Sila Realty Trust Competitors	$991.95 million	$145.17 million	6.97

Sila Realty Trust’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Sila Realty Trust. Sila Realty Trust is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Sila Realty Trust Company Profile

Sila Realty Trust, Inc., headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a net lease real estate investment trust with a strategic focus on investing in the large, growing, and resilient healthcare sector. The Company invests in high quality healthcare facilities along the continuum of care, which, we believe, generate predictable, durable, and growing income streams. Our portfolio comprises high quality tenants in geographically diverse facilities, which are positioned to capitalize on the dynamic delivery of healthcare to patients. As of June 30, 2024, the Company owned 137 real estate properties and two undeveloped land parcels located in 64 markets across the U.S.