BRSP vs. NXRT, ARR, BFS, BDN, RWT, CHCT, CSR, INN, DX, and PLYM
Should you be buying BrightSpire Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightSpire Capital include NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Saul Centers (BFS), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Redwood Trust (RWT), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Centerspace (CSR), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Dynex Capital (DX), and Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
NexPoint Residential Trust (NYSE:NXRT) and BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
76.6% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of BrightSpire Capital 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.
NexPoint Residential Trust currently has a consensus price target of $37.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.86%. BrightSpire Capital has a consensus price target of $7.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. Given NexPoint Residential Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than NexPoint Residential Trust.
NexPoint Residential Trust received 188 more outperform votes than BrightSpire Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.70% of users gave NexPoint Residential Trust an outperform vote while only 48.00% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote.
NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NexPoint Residential Trust has a net margin of 15.97% compared to NexPoint Residential Trust's net margin of -7.34%. NexPoint Residential Trust's return on equity of 9.42% beat BrightSpire Capital's return on equity.
NexPoint Residential Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. NexPoint Residential Trust pays out 110.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BrightSpire Capital pays out -615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NexPoint Residential Trust has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, NexPoint Residential Trust had 3 more articles in the media than BrightSpire Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust and 1 mentions for BrightSpire Capital. BrightSpire Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat NexPoint Residential Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that NexPoint Residential Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NexPoint Residential Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BrightSpire Capital. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexPoint Residential Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NexPoint Residential Trust beats BrightSpire Capital on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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