CMTG vs. EFC, MMI, EXPI, RDFN, REAX, FPH, AHH, CRESY, BOC, and HOUS
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Ellington Financial (EFC), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), eXp World (EXPI), Redfin (RDFN), Real Brokerage (REAX), Five Point (FPH), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Boston Omaha (BOC), and Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust vs.
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Claros Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ellington Financial and 4 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Ellington Financial's score of 1.21 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -89.07%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.26% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Ellington Financial received 237 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Claros Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus target price of $3.94, suggesting a potential upside of 65.79%. Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 17.68%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Ellington Financial.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ellington Financial pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Claros Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ellington Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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