Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) & JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) Head to Head Review

JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) and Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for JBG SMITH Properties and Postal Realty Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBG SMITH Properties	3	0	0	0	1.00
Postal Realty Trust	0	2	6	0	2.75

JBG SMITH Properties currently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 47.75%. Postal Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $25.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.40%. Given JBG SMITH Properties’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe JBG SMITH Properties is more favorable than Postal Realty Trust.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares JBG SMITH Properties and Postal Realty Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JBG SMITH Properties	$498.60 million	1.33	-$139.06 million	($2.61)	-4.32
Postal Realty Trust	$95.82 million	6.94	$14.15 million	$0.54	44.58

Postal Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postal Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Postal Realty Trust pays out 181.5% 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 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. JBG SMITH Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Risk & Volatility

JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares JBG SMITH Properties and Postal Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JBG SMITH Properties	-29.89%	-13.31%	-3.49%
Postal Realty Trust	16.42%	4.63%	2.22%

Summary

Postal Realty Trust beats JBG SMITH Properties on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JBG SMITH Properties

JBG SMITH Properties is a real estate investment trust, which engages in owning, operating, investing in, and developing a portfolio of mixed-use properties. It operates through the following segments: Multifamily, Commercial, and Other. The Multifamily segment refers to the commercial buildings with public areas, retail spaces, and walkable streets. The Commercial segment rents to federal government tenants. The Other segment relates to development assets, corporate entities, land assets for which are the ground lessor and the elimination of inter-segment activity. The company was founded on October 27, 2016, and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

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.