IRS vs. RMR, PFC, CHCT, CNOB, MYI, CFFN, AC, AMAL, PFLT, and DCOM
Should you be buying IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima include The RMR Group (RMR), Premier Financial (PFC), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Associated Capital Group (AC), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), and Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:IRS) and The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, The RMR Group had 5 more articles in the media than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The RMR Group and 0 mentions for IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. The RMR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.00 indicating that The RMR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The RMR Group. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The RMR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.7%. The RMR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The RMR Group pays out 52.0% 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. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The RMR Group has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
45.5% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of The RMR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are owned 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.
The RMR Group received 177 more outperform votes than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.31% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote while only 51.20% of users gave IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 99.91% compared to The RMR Group's net margin of 5.93%. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 25.70% beat The RMR Group's return on equity.
The RMR Group has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.17%. Given The RMR Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The RMR Group is more favorable than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima.
Summary
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima beats The RMR Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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