BHR vs. GPMT, MITT, FSP, MDV, CIO, ONL, EARN, PINE, LFT, and AJX
Should you be buying Braemar Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braemar Hotels & Resorts include Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), Modiv Industrial (MDV), City Office REIT (CIO), Orion Office REIT (ONL), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN), Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), and Great Ajax (AJX). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:BHR) and Granite Point Mortgage Trust (NYSE:GPMT) 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.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.4%. Braemar Hotels & Resorts pays out -17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Point Mortgage Trust pays out -26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Granite Point Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Point Mortgage Trust. Braemar Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Point Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.8% of Braemar Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Granite Point Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Braemar Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Granite Point Mortgage Trust 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.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of -3.65% compared to Granite Point Mortgage Trust's net margin of -40.36%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 2.75% beat Braemar Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.
Granite Point Mortgage Trust received 116 more outperform votes than Braemar Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.07% of users gave Granite Point Mortgage Trust an outperform vote while only 54.27% of users gave Braemar Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Granite Point Mortgage Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Braemar Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Granite Point Mortgage Trust and 1 mentions for Braemar Hotels & Resorts. Granite Point Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Braemar Hotels & Resorts' score of 1.00 indicating that Granite Point Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.09%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $6.56, indicating a potential upside of 122.84%. Given Granite Point Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Granite Point Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Braemar Hotels & Resorts.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Point Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Granite Point Mortgage Trust beats Braemar Hotels & Resorts on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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