CMTG vs. EFC, AHH, KW, GTY, HPP, FRPH, FOR, TRC, FPH, and SRG
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Getty Realty (GTY), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), FRP (FRPH), Forestar Group (FOR), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Five Point (FPH), and Seritage Growth Properties (SRG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Claros Mortgage Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust and 1 mentions for Ellington Financial. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Ellington Financial's score of 1.00 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ellington Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Claros Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.21%. Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $13.95, suggesting a potential upside of 16.25%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Ellington Financial.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 66.65% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -28.16%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.51% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -161.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ellington Financial pays out 243.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Claros Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ellington Financial received 236 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.84% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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