Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI) Competitors $13.72 +0.13 (+0.96%) Closing price 08/8/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.69 -0.03 (-0.19%) As of 08/8/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock REFI vs. SAFE, DEA, SBR, CSR, ORC, FBRT, PAX, AC, NOAH, and NXRTShould you be buying Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance include Safehold (SAFE), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), Centerspace (CSR), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Patria Investments (PAX), Associated Capital Group (AC), Noah (NOAH), and NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance vs. Its Competitors Safehold Easterly Government Properties Sabine Royalty Trust Centerspace Orchid Island Capital Franklin BSP Realty Trust Patria Investments Associated Capital Group Noah NexPoint Residential Trust Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) and Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (NASDAQ:REFI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation. Do analysts rate SAFE or REFI? Safehold currently has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 59.52%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.77%. Given Safehold's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Safehold 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.44Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has better valuation and earnings, SAFE or REFI? Safehold has higher revenue and earnings than Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safehold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSafehold$374.10M2.69$105.76M$1.439.79Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance$54.95M5.24$37.04M$1.887.30 Is SAFE or REFI a better dividend stock? Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Safehold pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Safehold has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Does the media favor SAFE or REFI? In the previous week, Safehold had 13 more articles in the media than Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Safehold and 6 mentions for Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Safehold's score of 0.63 indicating that Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Safehold 7 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance 0 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is SAFE or REFI more profitable? Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 67.95% compared to Safehold's net margin of 27.45%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 12.37% beat Safehold's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Safehold27.45% 4.70% 1.61% Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance 67.95%12.37%9.31% Which has more risk and volatility, SAFE or REFI? Safehold has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders believe in SAFE or REFI? 70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Safehold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummarySafehold and Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for REFI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding REFI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart REFI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChicago Atlantic Real Estate FinanceFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$287.67M$7.51B$12.34B$9.72BDividend Yield13.70%4.87%5.64%4.12%P/E Ratio7.5018.6919.3224.80Price / Sales5.246.2427.18202.81Price / Cash7.5820.6321.2958.47Price / Book0.872.602.115.60Net Income$37.04M$310.82M$1.00B$266.27M7 Day Performance6.36%2.55%1.28%5.08%1 Month Performance-2.00%4.84%-0.39%0.61%1 Year Performance-7.55%34.52%544.34%22.83% Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)REFIChicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance3.8322 of 5 stars$13.72+1.0%$20.00+45.8%-7.5%$287.67M$54.95M7.50N/ANews CoverageSAFESafehold4.1738 of 5 stars$14.16+0.5%$22.33+57.7%-39.0%$1.01B$365.68M9.70120News CoverageEarnings ReportDEAEasterly Government Properties2.6441 of 5 stars$22.25+2.0%$27.15+22.0%-34.2%$979.83M$302.05M52.9850News CoverageEarnings ReportSBRSabine Royalty Trust1.4813 of 5 stars$66.13+0.2%N/A+14.5%$962.09M$83.17M12.412,020News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportUpcoming EarningsCSRCenterspace3.7627 of 5 stars$54.48+0.5%$70.78+29.9%-24.7%$907.04M$260.98M-48.64470Earnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeORCOrchid Island Capital3.5963 of 5 stars$7.17+2.0%N/A-11.6%$890.91M$241.58M35.852,018FBRTFranklin BSP Realty Trust3.6744 of 5 stars$10.82+3.2%$15.13+39.9%-12.6%$862.24M$210.45M11.04N/ANews CoverageAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumePAXPatria Investments3.3415 of 5 stars$13.80+3.4%$14.00+1.4%+17.9%$836.85M$390.10M27.60390ACAssociated Capital Group3.1511 of 5 stars$37.03-0.3%N/A+10.4%$785.27M$13.18M20.6920Earnings ReportNOAHNoah3.6942 of 5 stars$12.05+1.5%$12.00-0.4%+59.8%$785.27M$356.33M12.421,990News CoverageNXRTNexPoint Residential Trust4.6086 of 5 stars$30.55-0.8%$42.30+38.5%-28.9%$780.72M$259.70M-15.593Positive NewsAnalyst Downgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Safehold Competitors Easterly Government Properties Competitors Sabine Royalty Trust Competitors Centerspace Competitors Orchid Island Capital Competitors Franklin BSP Realty Trust Competitors Patria Investments Competitors Associated Capital Group Competitors Noah Competitors NexPoint Residential Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:REFI) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money?A new law called the GENIUS Act could quietly trigger the most radical shift in American finance in decades. 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