HCFT vs. LOAN, AHT, CLPR, SELF, CMCT, SOHO, GIPR, AJX, CHMI, and ACR
Should you be buying Hunt Companies Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hunt Companies Finance Trust include Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Clipper Realty (CLPR), Global Self Storage (SELF), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), Generation Income Properties (GIPR), Great Ajax (AJX), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), and ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust (NYSE:HCFT) and Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 57.10% compared to Hunt Companies Finance Trust's net margin of 21.24%. Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity of 13.27% beat Hunt Companies Finance Trust's return on equity.
36.2% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. 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. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays out 92.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Manhattan Bridge Capital received 105 more outperform votes than Hunt Companies Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.73% of users gave Manhattan Bridge Capital an outperform vote while only 64.23% of users gave Hunt Companies Finance Trust an outperform vote.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Manhattan Bridge Capital. Hunt Companies Finance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Bridge Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Manhattan Bridge Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Hunt Companies Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital and 2 mentions for Hunt Companies Finance Trust. Manhattan Bridge Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Hunt Companies Finance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Manhattan Bridge Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Manhattan Bridge Capital beats Hunt Companies Finance Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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