GEO vs. ARR, BSIG, AMSF, FBRT, BRKL, SII, TMP, MFA, ALX, and PGRE
Should you be buying The GEO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GEO Group include ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Sprott (SII), Tompkins Financial (TMP), MFA Financial (MFA), Alexander's (ALX), and Paramount Group (PGRE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The GEO Group vs.
ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
The GEO Group has a net margin of 7.23% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -100.66%. The GEO Group's return on equity of 15.74% beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity.
ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.58%. The GEO Group has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 83.25%. Given The GEO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.
50.7% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of The GEO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of The GEO Group shares are held 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.
In the previous week, The GEO Group had 3 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The GEO Group and 2 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat The GEO Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The GEO Group has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The GEO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The GEO Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The GEO Group received 244 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.68% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote while only 51.06% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.
Summary
The GEO Group beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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