REFI vs. BRDG, AAMI, USAR, SAFE, CSR, DEA, UNIT, SBR, ORC, and NXRT
Should you be buying Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance include Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Acadian Asset Management (AAMI), USA Rare Earth (USAR), Safehold (SAFE), Centerspace (CSR), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Uniti Group (UNIT), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), and NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance vs. Its Competitors
Bridge Investment Group (NYSE:BRDG) and Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (NASDAQ:REFI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 67.78% compared to Bridge Investment Group's net margin of -3.45%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 12.17% beat Bridge Investment Group's return on equity.
Bridge Investment Group currently has a consensus target price of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 6.79%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.27%. Given Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance is more favorable than Bridge Investment Group.
52.8% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.0% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridge Investment Group. Bridge Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Bridge Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance and 1 mentions for Bridge Investment Group. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Bridge Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridge Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Bridge Investment Group pays out -84.6% 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. Bridge Investment Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Bridge Investment Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance beats Bridge Investment Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:REFI) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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