BRDG vs. PECO, MC, AB, IRT, VCTR, SNEX, PJT, RGTI, HHH, and FHI
Should you be buying Bridge Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridge Investment Group include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Victory Capital (VCTR), StoneX Group (SNEX), PJT Partners (PJT), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), Howard Hughes (HHH), and Federated Hermes (FHI). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Bridge Investment Group vs. Its Competitors
Bridge Investment Group (NYSE:BRDG) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Bridge Investment Group received 16 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.06% of users gave Bridge Investment Group an outperform vote while only 35.59% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Bridge Investment Group's net margin of 1.92%. Bridge Investment Group's return on equity of 9.91% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Bridge Investment Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.70, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.18%. Given Bridge Investment Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridge Investment Group is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..
In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 3 more articles in the media than Bridge Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 2 mentions for Bridge Investment Group. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Bridge Investment Group's score of 0.01 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridge Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bridge Investment Group pays out -84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 215.8% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. 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.
Bridge Investment Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
52.8% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.9% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Bridge Investment Group. Bridge Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bridge Investment Group and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRDG) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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