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BXMT vs. ACRE, ARI, BRSP, EFC, FBRT, KREF, LADR, MFA, NLY, and STWD

Should you be buying Blackstone Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone Mortgage Trust include Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), Ellington Financial (EFC), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Ladder Capital (LADR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), and Starwood Property Trust (STWD). These companies are all part of the "reit - mtge trust" industry.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust vs. Its Competitors

Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, Blackstone Mortgage Trust had 8 more articles in the media than Ares Commercial Real Estate. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Blackstone Mortgage Trust and 2 mentions for Ares Commercial Real Estate. Ares Commercial Real Estate's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Blackstone Mortgage Trust's score of 1.36 indicating that Ares Commercial Real Estate is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Commercial Real Estate
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays out -2,685.7% 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.

Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Commercial Real Estate currently has a consensus price target of $5.31, suggesting a potential upside of 5.51%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.12%. Given Ares Commercial Real Estate's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ares Commercial Real Estate is more favorable than Blackstone Mortgage Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Commercial Real Estate
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Ares Commercial Real Estate has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Blackstone Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Commercial Real Estate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Commercial Real Estate$69.65M3.98-$34.99M-$0.34-14.81
Blackstone Mortgage Trust$1.77B1.92-$204.09M-$0.07-282.56

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a net margin of -0.83% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -29.57%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 5.17% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Commercial Real Estate-29.57% -5.44% -1.78%
Blackstone Mortgage Trust -0.83%5.17%0.95%

41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blackstone Mortgage Trust beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BXMT vs. The Competition

MetricBlackstone Mortgage TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.33B$1.55B$12.50B$21.26B
Dividend Yield9.68%12.46%5.45%3.52%
P/E Ratio-282.5614.88230.0629.40
Price / Sales1.923.0230.7649.02
Price / Cash10.2111.3021.9524.13
Price / Book0.900.792.294.54
Net Income-$204.09M$79.73M$1.01B$999.70M
7 Day Performance1.98%1.70%0.11%0.12%
1 Month Performance4.82%4.57%3.71%5.75%
1 Year Performance9.76%-7.05%542.65%14.88%

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BXMT
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
2.8876 of 5 stars
$19.78
+1.8%
$20.00
+1.1%
+5.8%$3.33B$1.77B-282.56N/APositive News
ACRE
Ares Commercial Real Estate
2.4319 of 5 stars
$4.73
+1.2%
$5.31
+12.4%
-30.7%$259.62M$69.65M-13.903,200Positive News
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.8943 of 5 stars
$10.60
+1.4%
$10.31
-2.7%
+2.5%$1.47B$303.67M-75.68N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BRSP
BrightSpire Capital
1.8256 of 5 stars
$5.81
+1.7%
$6.79
+17.0%
-0.3%$753.97M$244.77M-26.3950News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.4467 of 5 stars
$13.65
-0.8%
$14.29
+4.7%
+3.8%$1.36B$136.41M11.00170Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FBRT
Franklin BSP Realty Trust
4.5492 of 5 stars
$11.56
+1.7%
$14.88
+28.7%
-13.3%$950.28M$210.45M11.79N/APositive News
KREF
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust
3.9545 of 5 stars
$9.63
+1.3%
$11.95
+24.2%
-17.5%$632.46M$564.63M-14.58N/APositive News
LADR
Ladder Capital
4.7905 of 5 stars
$11.64
+0.9%
$12.00
+3.1%
-5.7%$1.48B$506.84M16.6260News Coverage
Positive News
MFA
MFA Financial
3.0687 of 5 stars
$10.21
+1.3%
$12.07
+18.3%
-17.3%$1.05B$723.97M11.73350Analyst Forecast
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.0882 of 5 stars
$21.18
+0.9%
$20.72
-2.1%
+6.7%$13.61B$4.84B20.97160Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
3.7795 of 5 stars
$20.28
+0.8%
$21.70
+7.0%
-1.5%$7.44B$1.95B18.61290Positive News

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