STRS vs. AXR, PTMN, EMF, CALB, CPSS, ONL, MFIN, MBCN, CIO, and BHR
Should you be buying Stratus Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stratus Properties include AMREP (AXR), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), California BanCorp (CALB), Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS), Orion Office REIT (ONL), Medallion Financial (MFIN), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), City Office REIT (CIO), and Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Stratus Properties (NASDAQ:STRS) and AMREP (NYSE:AXR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
61.6% of Stratus Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of AMREP shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Stratus Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.0% of AMREP shares are held 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.
AMREP received 39 more outperform votes than Stratus Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave AMREP an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave Stratus Properties an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AMREP had 6 more articles in the media than Stratus Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AMREP and 1 mentions for Stratus Properties. AMREP's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Stratus Properties' score of 0.59 indicating that AMREP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stratus Properties has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMREP has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AMREP has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Stratus Properties' net margin of -85.74%. AMREP's return on equity of 2.54% beat Stratus Properties' return on equity.
AMREP has higher revenue and earnings than Stratus Properties. Stratus Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMREP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AMREP beats Stratus Properties on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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