LADR vs. RITM, KRG, EPRT, VNO, RYN, IRT, PECO, KRC, CTRE, and HASI
Should you be buying Ladder Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ladder Capital include Rithm Capital (RITM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) and Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Rithm Capital has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ladder Capital has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rithm Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Ladder Capital. Rithm Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ladder Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.9% of Rithm Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Ladder Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Rithm Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ladder Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rithm Capital has a net margin of 19.77% compared to Rithm Capital's net margin of 18.10%. Ladder Capital's return on equity of 19.33% beat Rithm Capital's return on equity.
Rithm Capital currently has a consensus price target of $12.32, indicating a potential upside of 10.58%. Ladder Capital has a consensus price target of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 16.57%. Given Rithm Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ladder Capital is more favorable than Rithm Capital.
In the previous week, Rithm Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Ladder Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rithm Capital and 2 mentions for Ladder Capital. Rithm Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Ladder Capital's score of 1.34 indicating that Ladder Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rithm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Ladder Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Rithm Capital pays out 66.7% 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. Ladder Capital has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Rithm Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rithm Capital received 272 more outperform votes than Ladder Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.67% of users gave Rithm Capital an outperform vote while only 63.38% of users gave Ladder Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
Rithm Capital beats Ladder Capital on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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