Is the W. P. Carey (WPC) stock a good contrarian buy in 2024?
W. P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) stock price has underperformed its peer group in the past 12 months as concerns about its transformation remains. It has crashed by about 7% in this period while the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) has jumped by over 11%. The same performance has happened in the past five years, as shown below. VNQ vs WPC five-year performance Why WPC is underperformingThere are two main reasons why the W. P. Carey stock price has underperformed the market in the past few years. First, the company transformation has taken longer-than-expected to generate the desired results. One of its f...