JOE vs. WD, MAC, VCTR, PK, ABCB, HHH, TCN, SBRA, SLG, and AX
Should you be buying St. Joe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of St. Joe include Walker & Dunlop (WD), Macerich (MAC), Victory Capital (VCTR), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Howard Hughes (HHH), Tricon Residential (TCN), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Axos Financial (AX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) and Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Walker & Dunlop received 121 more outperform votes than St. Joe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.80% of users gave St. Joe an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote.
St. Joe has a net margin of 20.10% compared to Walker & Dunlop's net margin of 8.87%. St. Joe's return on equity of 11.69% beat Walker & Dunlop's return on equity.
St. Joe pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Walker & Dunlop pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. St. Joe pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walker & Dunlop pays out 94.9% 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, St. Joe had 33 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for St. Joe and 0 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. St. Joe's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Walker & Dunlop's score of 0.00 indicating that St. Joe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
St. Joe has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Walker & Dunlop has higher revenue and earnings than St. Joe. Walker & Dunlop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Joe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.7% of St. Joe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of St. Joe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned 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.
Walker & Dunlop has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.18%. Given Walker & Dunlop's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Walker & Dunlop is more favorable than St. Joe.
Summary
St. Joe beats Walker & Dunlop on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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