Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, REG or BXMT?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer REG or BXMT?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus price target of $78.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.93%. Given Blackstone Mortgage Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, REG or BXMT?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Blackstone Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, 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
Regency Centers	$1.47B	8.87	$400.39M	$2.12	33.90
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	$477.73M	6.76	-$204.09M	-$0.46	-40.91

Does the media prefer REG or BXMT?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 7 more articles in the media than Blackstone Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Regency Centers and 6 mentions for Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Regency Centers' score of 1.22 indicating that Blackstone Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is REG or BXMT a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays out -408.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Blackstone Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in REG or BXMT?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REG or BXMT?

Blackstone Mortgage Trust received 395 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.69% of users gave Blackstone Mortgage Trust an outperform vote while only 47.00% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 47 47.00%	Underperform Votes 53 53.00%
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 442 63.69%	Underperform Votes 252 36.31%

Is REG or BXMT more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.54% compared to Blackstone Mortgage Trust's net margin of -11.54%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 8.62% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.54%	5.91%	3.21%
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	-11.54%	8.62%	1.57%

Summary

Regency Centers beats Blackstone Mortgage Trust on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.