BRT Apartments (BRT) Competitors

BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Is BRT or NAVI more profitable?

Navient has a net margin of 2.96% compared to BRT Apartments' net margin of -9.94%. Navient's return on equity of 6.69% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRT Apartments	-9.94%	-4.33%	-1.34%
Navient	2.96%	6.69%	0.33%

Does the media refer more to BRT or NAVI?

In the previous week, Navient had 20 more articles in the media than BRT Apartments. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Navient and 2 mentions for BRT Apartments. Navient's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat BRT Apartments' score of 0.77 indicating that Navient 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Navient	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend BRT or NAVI?

BRT Apartments presently has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.16%. Navient has a consensus target price of $12.93, suggesting a potential upside of 1.32%. Given BRT Apartments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than Navient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRT Apartments	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Navient	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Which has more volatility & risk, BRT or NAVI?

BRT Apartments has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRT or NAVI?

Navient received 144 more outperform votes than BRT Apartments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.64% of users gave BRT Apartments an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BRT Apartments	Outperform Votes 285 60.64%	Underperform Votes 185 39.36%
Navient	Outperform Votes 429 47.83%	Underperform Votes 468 52.17%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BRT or NAVI?

Navient has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navient, 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	3.20	$3.87M	-$0.53	-30.51
Navient	$961M	1.34	$131M	$1.16	11.00

Is BRT or NAVI a better dividend stock?

BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. BRT Apartments pays out -188.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navient pays out 55.2% 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. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BRT or NAVI?

29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Navient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Navient beats BRT Apartments on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.