CMTG vs. AHH, EFC, KW, GTY, HPP, FOR, FRPH, FPH, MLP, and TRC
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Ellington Financial (EFC), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Getty Realty (GTY), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Forestar Group (FOR), FRP (FRPH), Five Point (FPH), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), and Tejon Ranch (TRC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Armada Hoffler Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armada Hoffler Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Armada Hoffler Properties received 347 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Armada Hoffler Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Claros Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties and 6 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.54 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -161.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out 911.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Claros Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Armada Hoffler Properties has a net margin of 2.76% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -28.16%. Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity of 2.96% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Claros Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.76%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
Summary
Armada Hoffler Properties beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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