Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BXMT or REG?

Blackstone Mortgage Trust currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.33%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $78.08, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. 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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BXMT or REG?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BXMT or REG?

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 46.53% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 442 63.69%	Underperform Votes 252 36.31%
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 47 46.53%	Underperform Votes 54 53.47%

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%

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 9.8%. 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 increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Blackstone Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BXMT or REG?

In the previous week, Blackstone Mortgage Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blackstone Mortgage Trust and 6 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Blackstone Mortgage Trust's score of 0.86 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regency Centers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	1.87	-$204.09M	-$0.46	-41.91
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.88	$400.39M	$2.12	33.56

Summary

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