Real Brokerage (REAX) Competitors

Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and Real Brokerage (NASDAQ:REAX) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts recommend HTGC or REAX?

Hercules Capital presently has a consensus target price of $20.08, indicating a potential upside of 3.90%. Real Brokerage has a consensus target price of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 64.93%. Given Real Brokerage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Real Brokerage is more favorable than Hercules Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hercules Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Real Brokerage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more risk and volatility, HTGC or REAX?

Hercules Capital has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Real Brokerage has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HTGC or REAX?

Hercules Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Real Brokerage. Real Brokerage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Capital, 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
Hercules Capital	$493.59M	6.87	$262.97M	$1.33	14.53
Real Brokerage	$1.26B	0.60	-$26.54M	-$0.07	-54.86

Is HTGC or REAX more profitable?

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 45.23% compared to Real Brokerage's net margin of -1.09%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 16.84% beat Real Brokerage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hercules Capital	45.23%	16.84%	8.53%
Real Brokerage	-1.09%	-49.13%	-15.42%

Does the media refer more to HTGC or REAX?

In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Real Brokerage. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for Real Brokerage. Real Brokerage's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.78 indicating that Real Brokerage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hercules Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Real Brokerage	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HTGC or REAX?

19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.2% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hercules Capital beats Real Brokerage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.