Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (CMCT) Competitors

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT) and Royalty Management (NASDAQ:RMCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, CMCT or RMCO?

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royalty Management has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CMCT or RMCO?

Royalty Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation. Royalty Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation, 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
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	$124.51M	0.04	-$25.17M	-$389.17	-0.02
Royalty Management	$810K	29.51	-$110K	-$0.01	-160.00

Is CMCT or RMCO more profitable?

Royalty Management has a net margin of -9.62% compared to Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation's net margin of -30.29%. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation's return on equity of 0.00% beat Royalty Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	-30.29%	N/A	-4.06%
Royalty Management	-9.62%	-2.12%	-1.61%

Does the media refer more to CMCT or RMCO?

In the previous week, Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation had 7 more articles in the media than Royalty Management. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and 3 mentions for Royalty Management. Royalty Management's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation's score of 0.94 indicating that Royalty Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Royalty Management	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CMCT or RMCO?

28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Royalty Management shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Royalty Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Royalty Management beats Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.