FBRT vs. IRT, PECO, KRC, CTRE, HASI, SLG, CUZ, APLE, HHH, and PCH
Should you be buying Franklin BSP Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin BSP Realty Trust include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), SL Green Realty (SLG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Howard Hughes (HHH), and PotlatchDeltic (PCH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Franklin BSP Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 0 mentions for Franklin BSP Realty Trust. Franklin BSP Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Independence Realty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a net margin of 53.82% compared to Franklin BSP Realty Trust's net margin of -1.26%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.32% beat Franklin BSP Realty Trust's return on equity.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Independence Realty Trust. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin BSP Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Independence Realty Trust pays out -2,132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays out 107.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independence Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Independence Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.90%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.19%. Given Independence Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.
Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Independence Realty Trust received 347 more outperform votes than Franklin BSP Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave Franklin BSP Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 60.85% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats Independence Realty Trust on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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