BXMT vs. GRP.U, EPR, SKT, SBRA, HHH, MPW, HIW, SITC, CTRE, and BNL
Should you be buying Blackstone Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone Mortgage Trust include Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), EPR Properties (EPR), Tanger (SKT), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Howard Hughes (HHH), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Highwoods Properties (HIW), SITE Centers (SITC), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and Broadstone Net Lease (BNL). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 40.76% compared to Blackstone Mortgage Trust's net margin of 0.24%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 10.72% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust received 431 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave Blackstone Mortgage Trust an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus target price of $19.93, indicating a potential upside of 8.54%. Given Blackstone Mortgage Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Blackstone Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays out 8,266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 91.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple had 7 more articles in the media than Blackstone Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple and 3 mentions for Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of 0.47 indicating that Blackstone Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Blackstone Mortgage Trust beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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