Critical Survey: Alexander’s (NYSE:ALX) & Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (OTCMKTS:CHLWF)

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (OTCMKTS:CHLWF) and Alexander’s (NYSE:ALX) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

32.0% of Alexander’s shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Alexander’s shares are held by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Charter Hall Long WALE REIT and Alexander’s, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Charter Hall Long WALE REIT	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alexander’s	1	2	0	0	1.67

Alexander’s has a consensus price target of $212.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.27%. Given Alexander’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander’s is more favorable than Charter Hall Long WALE REIT.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Charter Hall Long WALE REIT and Alexander’s”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Charter Hall Long WALE REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alexander’s	$213.18 million	6.14	$28.22 million	$4.00	64.06

Alexander’s has higher revenue and earnings than Charter Hall Long WALE REIT.

Profitability

This table compares Charter Hall Long WALE REIT and Alexander’s’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Charter Hall Long WALE REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alexander’s	9.72%	17.38%	1.71%

Summary

Alexander’s beats Charter Hall Long WALE REIT on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Charter Hall Long WALE REIT

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT is an Australian Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listed on the ASX and investing in high quality Australasian real estate assets that are predominantly leased to corporate and government tenants on long term leases. Charter Hall Long WALE REIT is managed by Charter Hall Group (ASX: CHC). Charter Hall is one of Australia's leading fully integrated property investment and funds management groups. We use our expertise to access, deploy, manage and invest equity to create value and generate superior returns for our investor customers. We've curated a diverse portfolio of high-quality properties across our core sectors Office, Industrial & Logistics, Retail and Social Infrastructure. With partnerships and financial discipline at the heart of our approach, we create and invest in places that support our customers, people and communities grow.

About Alexander’s

Alexander’s, Inc. (NYSE: ALX) is a real estate investment trust (REIT), incorporated in Delaware, engaged in leasing, managing, developing and redeveloping its properties. All references to we, us, our, Company and Alexander’s refer to Alexander’s, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado Realty Trust (Vornado) (NYSE: VNO). We have five properties in New York City.