CMTG vs. EXPI, RDFN, EFC, MMI, REAX, FPH, CRESY, AHH, BOC, and HOUS
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include eXp World (EXPI), Redfin (RDFN), Ellington Financial (EFC), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Five Point (FPH), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Boston Omaha (BOC), and Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust vs. Its Competitors
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and eXp World (NASDAQ:EXPI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. eXp World pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. eXp World pays out -181.8% 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. eXp World has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
eXp World received 231 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave eXp World an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
eXp World has a net margin of -0.47% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -89.07%. eXp World's return on equity of 5.75% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Claros Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus target price of $3.94, indicating a potential upside of 26.40%. eXp World has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.97%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than eXp World.
In the previous week, eXp World had 5 more articles in the media than Claros Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for eXp World and 1 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat eXp World's score of 0.84 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of eXp World shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of eXp World shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eXp World has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Claros Mortgage Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than eXp World. 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 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMTG) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
