ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GMRE or ACR?

57.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GMRE or ACR?

Global Medical REIT received 271 more outperform votes than ACRES Commercial Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.45% of users gave Global Medical REIT an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave ACRES Commercial Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Medical REIT	Outperform Votes 283 63.45%	Underperform Votes 163 36.55%
ACRES Commercial Realty	Outperform Votes 12 54.55%	Underperform Votes 10 45.45%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GMRE or ACR?

ACRES Commercial Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Medical REIT. ACRES Commercial Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Medical REIT, 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
Global Medical REIT	$138.41M	3.73	$20.61M	$0.01	771.50
ACRES Commercial Realty	$99.63M	1.38	$22.39M	$1.16	16.05

Is GMRE or ACR more profitable?

ACRES Commercial Realty has a net margin of 25.71% compared to Global Medical REIT's net margin of 3.23%. ACRES Commercial Realty's return on equity of 5.43% beat Global Medical REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Medical REIT	3.23%	0.86%	0.35%
ACRES Commercial Realty	25.71%	5.43%	1.15%

Does the media prefer GMRE or ACR?

In the previous week, ACRES Commercial Realty had 3 more articles in the media than Global Medical REIT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ACRES Commercial Realty and 2 mentions for Global Medical REIT. Global Medical REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat ACRES Commercial Realty's score of -0.60 indicating that Global Medical REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Medical REIT	2 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts prefer GMRE or ACR?

Global Medical REIT currently has a consensus target price of $10.92, indicating a potential upside of 41.50%. ACRES Commercial Realty has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Given Global Medical REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Global Medical REIT is more favorable than ACRES Commercial Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Medical REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
ACRES Commercial Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, GMRE or ACR?

Global Medical REIT has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACRES Commercial Realty has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Global Medical REIT beats ACRES Commercial Realty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.