InvenTrust Properties (IVT) and Its Peers Critical Contrast

InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) is one of 85 public companies in the “Retail REITs” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare InvenTrust Properties to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for InvenTrust Properties and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InvenTrust Properties	0	2	4	1	2.86
InvenTrust Properties Competitors	962	3972	3447	138	2.32

InvenTrust Properties presently has a consensus target price of $34.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.30%. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies have a potential upside of 10.11%. Given InvenTrust Properties’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe InvenTrust Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InvenTrust Properties’ peers have a beta of 0.88, indicating that their average share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. InvenTrust Properties pays out 270.3% 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, “Retail REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 231.5% and pay out 78.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. InvenTrust Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. InvenTrust Properties lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares InvenTrust Properties and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InvenTrust Properties	8.68%	1.61%	0.98%
InvenTrust Properties Competitors	31.33%	6.25%	3.34%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares InvenTrust Properties and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
InvenTrust Properties	$299.17 million	$111.42 million	85.48
InvenTrust Properties Competitors	$824.42 million	$253.68 million	9.40

InvenTrust Properties’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than InvenTrust Properties. InvenTrust Properties is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

InvenTrust Properties peers beat InvenTrust Properties on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

InvenTrust Properties Company Profile

InvenTrust Properties Corp. (the “Company,” “IVT,” or “InvenTrust”) is a premier Sun Belt, multi-tenant essential retail REIT that owns, leases, redevelops, acquires and manages grocery-anchored neighborhood and community centers as well as high-quality power centers that often have a grocery component. Management pursues the Company’s business strategy by acquiring retail properties in Sun Belt markets, opportunistically disposing of retail properties, maintaining a flexible capital structure, and enhancing environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices and standards. A trusted, local operator bringing real estate expertise to its tenant relationships, IVT has built a strong reputation with market participants across its portfolio. IVT is committed to leadership in ESG practices and has been a Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”) member since 2013.