Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) Competitors

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

Is BXMT or REG a better dividend stock?

Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays out -408.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BXMT or REG?

Regency Centers has lower revenue, but higher 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
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	$1.77B	1.90	-$204.09M	-$0.46	-42.55
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.88	$400.39M	$2.12	33.54

Is BXMT or REG more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Blackstone Mortgage Trust's net margin of -4.99%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 6.74% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	-4.99%	6.74%	1.23%
Regency Centers	27.21%	5.98%	3.22%

Which has more volatility and risk, BXMT or REG?

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BXMT or REG?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 10 more articles in the media than Blackstone Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Regency Centers and 6 mentions for Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.76 indicating that Blackstone Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regency Centers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BXMT or REG?

64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BXMT or REG?

Blackstone Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.73%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $78.08, indicating a potential upside of 9.81%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Blackstone Mortgage Trust.

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

Summary

Regency Centers beats Blackstone Mortgage Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.