Real Brokerage (REAX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of REAX or HTGC?

53.3% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.2% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, REAX or HTGC?

Real Brokerage has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, REAX or HTGC?

Hercules Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Real Brokerage	$1.26B	0.69	-$27.50M	-$0.14	-31.71
Hercules Capital	$353.75M	9.07	$262.97M	$1.61	11.51

Does the media favor REAX or HTGC?

In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Real Brokerage. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hercules Capital and 7 mentions for Real Brokerage. Real Brokerage's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.87 indicating that Real Brokerage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REAX or HTGC?

Hercules Capital received 457 more outperform votes than Real Brokerage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Real Brokerage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Real Brokerage	Outperform Votes 15 53.57%	Underperform Votes 13 46.43%
Hercules Capital	Outperform Votes 472 64.57%	Underperform Votes 259 35.43%

Is REAX or HTGC more profitable?

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 53.28% compared to Real Brokerage's net margin of -2.91%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 17.19% beat Real Brokerage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Real Brokerage	-2.91%	-73.22%	-25.07%
Hercules Capital	53.28%	17.19%	8.77%

Do analysts prefer REAX or HTGC?

Real Brokerage presently has a consensus target price of $5.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.12%. Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $21.40, suggesting a potential upside of 15.43%. Given Real Brokerage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Real Brokerage is more favorable than Hercules Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Real Brokerage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hercules Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Hercules Capital beats Real Brokerage on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.