HCFT vs. FSP, EQC, STRW, IHT, PW, IMH, CTRE, ROIC, PWOD, and LIEN
Should you be buying Hunt Companies Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hunt Companies Finance Trust include Franklin Street Properties (FSP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Strawberry Fields REIT (STRW), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT), Power REIT (PW), Impac Mortgage (IMH), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), and Chicago Atlantic BDC (LIEN).
Hunt Companies Finance Trust vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) and Hunt Companies Finance Trust (NYSE:HCFT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust has a net margin of 21.24% compared to Franklin Street Properties' net margin of -43.90%. Hunt Companies Finance Trust's return on equity of 7.51% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hunt Companies Finance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Hunt Companies Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 0 mentions for Hunt Companies Finance Trust. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hunt Companies Finance Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hunt Companies Finance Trust has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hunt Companies Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hunt Companies Finance Trust pays out 106.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Hunt Companies Finance Trust beats Franklin Street Properties on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HCFT) was last updated on 6/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
