LOAN vs. SELF, AHT, PEI, PINE, MITT, ONL, CIO, BHR, FSP, and GPMT
Should you be buying Manhattan Bridge Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manhattan Bridge Capital include Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI), Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Orion Office REIT (ONL), City Office REIT (CIO), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), and Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) and Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Self Storage. Manhattan Bridge Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Self Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manhattan Bridge Capital received 59 more outperform votes than Global Self Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.94% of users gave Manhattan Bridge Capital an outperform vote while only 68.28% of users gave Global Self Storage an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Global Self Storage had 3 more articles in the media than Manhattan Bridge Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Self Storage and 0 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital. Global Self Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Manhattan Bridge Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Self Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 57.10% compared to Global Self Storage's net margin of 18.15%. Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity of 13.26% beat Global Self Storage's return on equity.
21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Global Self Storage 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.
Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays out 92.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Self Storage pays out 152.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manhattan Bridge Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Manhattan Bridge Capital beats Global Self Storage on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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