BRDG vs. MC, IRT, PECO, AB, SNEX, VCTR, TFPM, PJT, HHH, and HASI
Should you be buying Bridge Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Investment Group include Moelis & Company (MC), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), AllianceBernstein (AB), StoneX Group (SNEX), Victory Capital (VCTR), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), PJT Partners (PJT), Howard Hughes (HHH), and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Bridge Investment Group vs.
Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) and Bridge Investment Group (NYSE:BRDG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Bridge Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Moelis & Company shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.9% of Bridge Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Moelis & Company currently has a consensus target price of $59.83, indicating a potential upside of 5.85%. Bridge Investment Group has a consensus target price of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.10%. Given Bridge Investment Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridge Investment Group is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Bridge Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Moelis & Company pays out 119.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bridge Investment Group pays out -84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moelis & Company has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Bridge Investment Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bridge Investment Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Moelis & Company received 275 more outperform votes than Bridge Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.92% of users gave Bridge Investment Group an outperform vote while only 54.83% of users gave Moelis & Company an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 19 more articles in the media than Bridge Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Moelis & Company and 2 mentions for Bridge Investment Group. Moelis & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Bridge Investment Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Moelis & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Moelis & Company has a net margin of 11.39% compared to Bridge Investment Group's net margin of 1.92%. Moelis & Company's return on equity of 38.49% beat Bridge Investment Group's return on equity.
Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Investment Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moelis & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Bridge Investment Group. Bridge Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moelis & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Moelis & Company beats Bridge Investment Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRDG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
