CMTG vs. NMRK, EFC, AHH, HOUS, FPH, MLP, CRESY, SRG, STRS, and AFCG
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Newmark Group (NMRK), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), Five Point (FPH), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Stratus Properties (STRS), and AFC Gamma (AFCG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Newmark Group received 341 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.67% of users gave Newmark Group an outperform vote while only 15.63% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Newmark Group had 3 more articles in the media than Claros Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Newmark Group and 6 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Newmark Group's score of 0.65 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, 58.4% of Newmark Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Newmark Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Claros Mortgage Trust currently has a consensus price target of $9.38, suggesting a potential downside of 2.45%. Newmark Group has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.12%. Given Newmark Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newmark Group is more favorable than Claros Mortgage Trust.
Newmark Group has a net margin of 1.47% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -28.16%. Newmark Group's return on equity of 17.03% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmark Group has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Newmark Group has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmark Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Newmark Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -161.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmark Group pays out 54.5% 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. Claros Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Newmark Group beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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