Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI) Competitors

Real Estate Credit Investments (LON:RECI) and Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is RECI or ASHM a better dividend stock?

Real Estate Credit Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Real Estate Credit Investments pays out 117.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ashmore Group pays out 161.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Real Estate Credit Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RECI or ASHM?

37.3% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Ashmore Group 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.

Does the media prefer RECI or ASHM?

In the previous week, Real Estate Credit Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Real Estate Credit Investments and 0 mentions for Ashmore Group. Real Estate Credit Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Real Estate Credit Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Real Estate Credit Investments	Positive
Ashmore Group	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RECI or ASHM?

Real Estate Credit Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ashmore Group. Real Estate Credit Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashmore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Real Estate Credit Investments	£30.10M	9.28	£233.91M	£0.10	1,235.29
Ashmore Group	£144.40M	8.38	£94.67M	£0.10	1,767.24

Do analysts recommend RECI or ASHM?

Ashmore Group has a consensus target price of GBX 155, indicating a potential downside of 15.99%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than Real Estate Credit Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Real Estate Credit Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ashmore Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, RECI or ASHM?

Real Estate Credit Investments has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RECI or ASHM more profitable?

Real Estate Credit Investments has a net margin of 814.69% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 47.42%. Real Estate Credit Investments' return on equity of 72.23% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Real Estate Credit Investments	814.69%	72.23%	4.07%
Ashmore Group	47.42%	10.71%	4.52%

Summary

Ashmore Group beats Real Estate Credit Investments on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.