AXR vs. STRS, PCF, BVFL, FNCB, WMPN, SSSS, WHG, JHI, LNKB, and FRAF
Should you be buying AMREP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMREP include Stratus Properties (STRS), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), BV Financial (BVFL), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), SuRo Capital (SSSS), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), and Franklin Financial Services (FRAF). 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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Stratus Properties has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMREP has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
61.6% of Stratus Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of AMREP shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Stratus Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.0% of AMREP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AMREP has a net margin of 6.43% compared to AMREP's net margin of -76.25%. Stratus Properties' return on equity of 2.54% beat AMREP's return on equity.
In the previous week, AMREP had 3 more articles in the media than Stratus Properties. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AMREP and 5 mentions for Stratus Properties. AMREP's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Stratus Properties' score of 1.13 indicating that Stratus Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stratus Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMREP.
Summary
AMREP beats Stratus Properties on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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