CLPR vs. LOAN, SELF, AHT, CMCT, SOHO, GIPR, NYC, ACR, CHMI, and AJX
Should you be buying Clipper Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clipper Realty include Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), Generation Income Properties (GIPR), American Strategic Investment (NYC), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), and Great Ajax (AJX). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Clipper Realty (NYSE:CLPR) and Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Clipper Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Clipper Realty pays out -108.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Clipper Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Manhattan Bridge Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Clipper Realty. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital and 1 mentions for Clipper Realty. Manhattan Bridge Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Clipper Realty's score of 0.00 indicating that Manhattan Bridge Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clipper Realty has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clipper Realty. Clipper Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Bridge Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
37.6% of Clipper Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 52.3% of Clipper Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 57.10% compared to Clipper Realty's net margin of -3.01%. Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity of 13.26% beat Clipper Realty's return on equity.
Clipper Realty currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 151.99%. Given Clipper Realty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clipper Realty is more favorable than Manhattan Bridge Capital.
Clipper Realty received 68 more outperform votes than Manhattan Bridge Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.94% of users gave Manhattan Bridge Capital an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave Clipper Realty an outperform vote.
Summary
Manhattan Bridge Capital beats Clipper Realty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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