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$5.32 +0.01 (+0.09%)
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BRSP vs. ACRE, ARI, BXMT, FBRT, KREF, LADR, MFA, NLY, RITM, and STWD

Should you be buying BrightSpire Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightSpire Capital include Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Ladder Capital (LADR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Starwood Property Trust (STWD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

BrightSpire Capital vs. Its Competitors

BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) and Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

BrightSpire Capital currently has a consensus target price of $6.79, indicating a potential upside of 27.78%. Ares Commercial Real Estate has a consensus target price of $4.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.05%. Given BrightSpire Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Ares Commercial Real Estate.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BrightSpire Capital
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ares Commercial Real Estate
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

BrightSpire Capital has a net margin of -16.92% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -29.57%. BrightSpire Capital's return on equity of 7.74% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BrightSpire Capital-16.92% 7.74% 2.21%
Ares Commercial Real Estate -29.57%-5.44%-1.78%

In the previous week, BrightSpire Capital and BrightSpire Capital both had 2 articles in the media. BrightSpire Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's score of 0.48 indicating that BrightSpire Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BrightSpire Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ares Commercial Real Estate
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Commercial Real Estate has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightSpire Capital. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Commercial Real Estate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BrightSpire Capital$244.77M2.82-$131.98M-$0.22-24.16
Ares Commercial Real Estate$4.91M52.04-$34.99M-$0.34-13.66

56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. BrightSpire Capital pays out -290.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

BrightSpire Capital beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRSP vs. The Competition

MetricBrightSpire CapitalREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$690.90M$1.54B$12.65B$22.02B
Dividend Yield11.90%13.05%5.56%3.59%
P/E Ratio-24.1629.6921.3733.12
Price / Sales2.825.8229.9160.09
Price / Cash5.009.1422.2924.22
Price / Book0.660.792.264.68
Net Income-$131.98M$83.78M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.85%3.45%1.49%2.22%
1 Month Performance-6.59%0.45%-0.26%1.17%
1 Year Performance-1.02%-9.41%536.91%13.47%

BrightSpire Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRSP
BrightSpire Capital
2.5544 of 5 stars
$5.32
+0.1%
$6.79
+27.8%
-0.5%$690.90M$244.77M-24.1650Upcoming Earnings
ACRE
Ares Commercial Real Estate
2.829 of 5 stars
$4.62
+3.0%
$4.83
+4.7%
-28.2%$246.42M$4.91M-13.573,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
3.1175 of 5 stars
$10.15
+1.7%
$10.75
+6.0%
+17.3%$1.39B$155.27M-72.46N/ANews Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
BXMT
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
3.3653 of 5 stars
$17.90
+0.5%
$19.63
+9.6%
-3.6%$3.06B$484.81M-255.76N/AUpcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FBRT
Franklin BSP Realty Trust
3.8004 of 5 stars
$10.73
+0.7%
$14.67
+36.7%
-16.7%$876.23M$210.45M10.95N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings
KREF
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust
4.0746 of 5 stars
$8.56
-0.9%
$11.31
+32.2%
-26.4%$566.78M$564.63M-12.96N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LADR
Ladder Capital
4.905 of 5 stars
$10.82
+1.5%
$12.00
+11.0%
+0.6%$1.36B$506.84M15.4560Trending News
Earnings Report
MFA
MFA Financial
3.997 of 5 stars
$9.17
+1.2%
$11.75
+28.1%
-24.9%$930.18M$723.97M10.54350News Coverage
Positive News
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.7167 of 5 stars
$21.12
+1.6%
$21.50
+1.8%
+7.0%$13.36B$4.84B20.91160News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.7351 of 5 stars
$10.93
+0.9%
$14.25
+30.4%
+2.6%$5.74B$2.77B8.406,045Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
4.4048 of 5 stars
$18.69
+0.7%
$21.13
+13.1%
-6.6%$6.86B$797.72M17.14290Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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