FBRT vs. IRT, PECO, KRC, CTRE, HASI, SLG, CUZ, APLE, HHH, and PCH
Should you be buying Franklin BSP Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin BSP Realty Trust include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), SL Green Realty (SLG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Howard Hughes (HHH), and PotlatchDeltic (PCH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) and Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Franklin BSP Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 0 mentions for Franklin BSP Realty Trust. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Franklin BSP Realty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Independence Realty Trust. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin BSP Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays out 107.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independence Realty Trust pays out -2,133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a net margin of 53.82% compared to Independence Realty Trust's net margin of -1.26%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.32% beat Independence Realty Trust's return on equity.
Independence Realty Trust received 347 more outperform votes than Franklin BSP Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave Franklin BSP Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 60.85% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.19%. Independence Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.99%. Given Franklin BSP Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.
Summary
Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats Independence Realty Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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