BRT vs. BRDG, SAFE, DEA, ORC, CSR, PAX, PLYM, FBRT, UNIT, and PBT
Should you be buying BRT Apartments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRT Apartments include Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Safehold (SAFE), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Centerspace (CSR), Patria Investments (PAX), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Uniti Group (UNIT), and Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
BRT Apartments vs. Its Competitors
BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and Bridge Investment Group (NYSE:BRDG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Bridge Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. BRT Apartments pays out -204.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridge Investment Group pays out -42.9% 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. Bridge Investment Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bridge Investment Group has a net margin of -3.03% compared to BRT Apartments' net margin of -9.51%. Bridge Investment Group's return on equity of 8.42% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.
29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Bridge Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of BRT Apartments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.9% of Bridge Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BRT Apartments had 17 more articles in the media than Bridge Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for BRT Apartments and 0 mentions for Bridge Investment Group. BRT Apartments' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Bridge Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that BRT Apartments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BRT Apartments has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridge Investment Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BRT Apartments presently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.76%. Bridge Investment Group has a consensus target price of $10.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.11%. Given BRT Apartments' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than Bridge Investment Group.
Bridge Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridge Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bridge Investment Group beats BRT Apartments on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BRT) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
