BRT Apartments (BRT) Competitors

BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is BRT or SAFE a better dividend stock?

BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. BRT Apartments pays out -208.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safehold pays out 49.7% 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. Safehold has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, BRT or SAFE?

BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BRT or SAFE?

Safehold has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safehold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BRT Apartments	$95.63M	2.95	-$9.79M	-$0.48	-31.05
Safehold	$365.68M	2.75	$105.76M	$1.43	9.79

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BRT or SAFE?

29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Safehold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BRT or SAFE?

In the previous week, Safehold had 13 more articles in the media than BRT Apartments. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Safehold and 3 mentions for BRT Apartments. Safehold's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat BRT Apartments' score of 0.25 indicating that Safehold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BRT Apartments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Safehold	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BRT or SAFE more profitable?

Safehold has a net margin of 27.45% compared to BRT Apartments' net margin of -9.31%. Safehold's return on equity of 4.70% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRT Apartments	-9.31%	-4.34%	-1.27%
Safehold	27.45%	4.70%	1.61%

Do analysts prefer BRT or SAFE?

BRT Apartments presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.89%. Safehold has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 59.52%. Given Safehold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than BRT Apartments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRT Apartments	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Safehold	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Summary

Safehold beats BRT Apartments on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.