ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAMI or ACR?

ACRES Commercial Realty received 12 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAMCO Investors	N/A	N/A
ACRES Commercial Realty	Outperform Votes 12 54.55%	Underperform Votes 10 45.45%

Is GAMI or ACR more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to ACRES Commercial Realty's net margin of 25.71%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat ACRES Commercial Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
ACRES Commercial Realty	25.71%	5.43%	1.15%

Do analysts prefer GAMI or ACR?

ACRES Commercial Realty has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.32%. Given ACRES Commercial Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ACRES Commercial Realty is more favorable than GAMCO Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAMCO Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ACRES Commercial Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GAMI or ACR?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to GAMI or ACR?

In the previous week, GAMCO Investors and GAMCO Investors both had 1 articles in the media. GAMCO Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat ACRES Commercial Realty's score of 0.00 indicating that GAMCO Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAMCO Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ACRES Commercial Realty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GAMI or ACR?

GAMCO Investors has higher revenue and earnings than ACRES Commercial Realty. GAMCO Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACRES Commercial Realty, 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
GAMCO Investors	$231.40M	2.33	$64.46M	$2.81	8.54
ACRES Commercial Realty	$92.03M	1.44	$22.39M	$0.29	62.02

Which has more risk & volatility, GAMI or ACR?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACRES Commercial Realty has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GAMCO Investors beats ACRES Commercial Realty on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.