ABR vs. STEP, EPRT, VIRT, RITM, JHG, AHR, CTRE, LB, ETOR, and COLD
Should you be buying Arbor Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbor Realty Trust include StepStone Group (STEP), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Rithm Capital (RITM), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), LandBridge (LB), Etoro Group (ETOR), and Americold Realty Trust (COLD). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Arbor Realty Trust vs.
Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Arbor Realty Trust received 257 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave Arbor Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 31.63% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Arbor Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust and 5 mentions for StepStone Group. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. StepStone Group pays out -40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Arbor Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $13.20, suggesting a potential upside of 26.01%. StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $62.57, suggesting a potential upside of 9.64%. Given Arbor Realty Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Arbor Realty Trust is more favorable than StepStone Group.
Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 22.66% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -11.29%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.75% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
Arbor Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Arbor Realty Trust beats StepStone Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ABR) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
