LADR vs. VRE, SAFE, ELME, ARI, AAT, JBGS, RC, LTC, TWO, and NTST
Should you be buying Ladder Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ladder Capital include Veris Residential (VRE), Safehold (SAFE), Elme Communities (ELME), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), American Assets Trust (AAT), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Ready Capital (RC), LTC Properties (LTC), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), and NETSTREIT (NTST). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) and Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ladder Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Veris Residential. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ladder Capital and 2 mentions for Veris Residential. Ladder Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Veris Residential's score of 1.81 indicating that Veris Residential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ladder Capital received 293 more outperform votes than Veris Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.38% of users gave Ladder Capital an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Veris Residential an outperform vote.
Ladder Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Veris Residential. Veris Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ladder Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veris Residential has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ladder Capital has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.0% of Veris Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Ladder Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Veris Residential shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ladder Capital shares are held 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.
Ladder Capital has a net margin of 18.10% compared to Ladder Capital's net margin of -32.51%. Veris Residential's return on equity of 9.28% beat Ladder Capital's return on equity.
Veris Residential currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.78%. Ladder Capital has a consensus price target of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Veris Residential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ladder Capital is more favorable than Veris Residential.
Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ladder Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Veris Residential pays out -21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ladder Capital pays out 121.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Veris Residential has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Ladder Capital beats Veris Residential on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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