BRT vs. PSTL, REFI, NLOP, ACRE, ILPT, NREF, CTO, PINE, CLDT, and ONL
Should you be buying BRT Apartments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRT Apartments include Postal Realty Trust (PSTL), Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI), Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (ILPT), NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NREF), CTO Realty Growth (CTO), Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), and Orion Office REIT (ONL). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) and BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, BRT Apartments had 3 more articles in the media than Postal Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BRT Apartments and 3 mentions for Postal Realty Trust. Postal Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat BRT Apartments' score of 0.00 indicating that BRT Apartments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Postal Realty Trust pays out 960.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BRT Apartments pays out 454.6% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and BRT Apartments has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Postal Realty Trust has a net margin of 5.42% compared to Postal Realty Trust's net margin of 5.10%. Postal Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.06% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.
BRT Apartments received 245 more outperform votes than Postal Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave BRT Apartments an outperform vote while only 46.84% of users gave Postal Realty Trust an outperform vote.
BRT Apartments has higher revenue and earnings than Postal Realty Trust. BRT Apartments 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.
Postal Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.62%. BRT Apartments has a consensus price target of $22.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.50%. Given Postal Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than Postal Realty Trust.
57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BRT Apartments beats Postal Realty Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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