LOAN vs. CLPR, SELF, AHT, CMCT, SOHO, GIPR, NYC, ACR, CHMI, and AJX
Should you be buying Manhattan Bridge Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manhattan Bridge Capital include Clipper Realty (CLPR), Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), Generation Income Properties (GIPR), American Strategic Investment (NYC), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), and Great Ajax (AJX). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) and Clipper Realty (NYSE:CLPR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Manhattan Bridge Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Clipper Realty. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital and 0 mentions for Clipper Realty. Manhattan Bridge Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Clipper Realty's score of 0.00 indicating that Manhattan Bridge Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clipper Realty received 68 more outperform votes than Manhattan Bridge Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.94% of users gave Manhattan Bridge Capital an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave Clipper Realty an outperform vote.
Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Clipper Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays out 92.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Clipper Realty pays out -108.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clipper Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clipper Realty. Clipper Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Bridge Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clipper Realty has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 149.34%. Given Clipper Realty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clipper Realty is more favorable than Manhattan Bridge Capital.
21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of Clipper Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.3% of Clipper Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clipper Realty has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 57.10% compared to Clipper Realty's net margin of -3.01%. Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity of 13.26% beat Clipper Realty's return on equity.
Summary
Manhattan Bridge Capital beats Clipper Realty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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