CMTG vs. MMI, RDFN, EFC, REAX, FPH, AHH, CRESY, BOC, HOUS, and MLP
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Redfin (RDFN), Ellington Financial (EFC), Real Brokerage (REAX), Five Point (FPH), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Boston Omaha (BOC), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), and Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust vs.
Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) and Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Marcus & Millichap has a net margin of -1.78% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -89.07%. Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 4.72% beat Marcus & Millichap's return on equity.
Marcus & Millichap currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.67%. Claros Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $3.88, suggesting a potential upside of 67.39%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Marcus & Millichap.
62.8% of Marcus & Millichap shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.2% of Marcus & Millichap shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Claros Mortgage Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marcus & Millichap. Marcus & Millichap 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.
Marcus & Millichap received 310 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.00% of users gave Marcus & Millichap an outperform vote while only 18.60% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Marcus & Millichap and Marcus & Millichap both had 4 articles in the media. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Marcus & Millichap's score of 0.45 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marcus & Millichap has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marcus & Millichap pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. Marcus & Millichap pays out -156.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -25.2% 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.
Summary
Claros Mortgage Trust beats Marcus & Millichap on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMTG) was last updated on 4/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
