CMTG vs. EXPI, EFC, MMI, HOUS, FPH, REAX, AHH, CRESY, BOC, and MLP
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Exp World (EXPI), Ellington Financial (EFC), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), Five Point (FPH), Real Brokerage (REAX), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY), Boston Omaha (BOC), and Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust vs. Its Competitors
Exp World (NASDAQ:EXPI) and Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Claros Mortgage Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Exp World. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust and 2 mentions for Exp World. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Exp World's score of 0.00 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Exp World has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exp World currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Claros Mortgage Trust has a consensus target price of $3.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.09%. Given Exp World's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exp World is more favorable than Claros Mortgage Trust.
Exp World has a net margin of -0.68% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -189.56%. Exp World's return on equity of -4.79% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
27.2% of Exp World shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Exp World shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Exp World has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Exp World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Claros Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Exp World beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMTG) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff