Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG) Competitors

NexPoint Residential Trust (NYSE:NXRT) and Silvercrest Asset Management Group (NASDAQ:SAMG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NXRT or SAMG?

Silvercrest Asset Management Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvercrest Asset Management Group, 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
NexPoint Residential Trust	$255.34M	3.37	$1.11M	-$1.28	-26.56
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	$124.77M	1.77	$9.53M	$0.95	17.35

Which has more risk and volatility, NXRT or SAMG?

NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silvercrest Asset Management Group has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NXRT or SAMG?

NexPoint Residential Trust presently has a consensus target price of $43.58, indicating a potential upside of 28.19%. Given NexPoint Residential Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NexPoint Residential Trust is more favorable than Silvercrest Asset Management Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexPoint Residential Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer NXRT or SAMG?

In the previous week, NexPoint Residential Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Silvercrest Asset Management Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust and 1 mentions for Silvercrest Asset Management Group. Silvercrest Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat NexPoint Residential Trust's score of 1.09 indicating that Silvercrest Asset Management Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NexPoint Residential Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	1 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 have more ownership in NXRT or SAMG?

76.6% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Silvercrest Asset Management Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Silvercrest Asset Management Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NXRT or SAMG more profitable?

Silvercrest Asset Management Group has a net margin of 7.22% compared to NexPoint Residential Trust's net margin of -12.57%. Silvercrest Asset Management Group's return on equity of 12.39% beat NexPoint Residential Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexPoint Residential Trust	-12.57%	-7.42%	-1.66%
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	7.22%	12.39%	8.36%

Is NXRT or SAMG a better dividend stock?

NexPoint Residential Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Silvercrest Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. NexPoint Residential Trust pays out -159.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silvercrest Asset Management Group pays out 84.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NexPoint Residential Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Silvercrest Asset Management Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. NexPoint Residential Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

NexPoint Residential Trust beats Silvercrest Asset Management Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.