HPP vs. EFC, KW, FRPH, CMTG, SRG, FPH, MLP, GTY, AOMR, and AFCG
Should you be buying Hudson Pacific Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Pacific Properties include Ellington Financial (EFC), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), FRP (FRPH), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Five Point (FPH), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), Getty Realty (GTY), Angel Oak Mortgage REIT (AOMR), and AFC Gamma (AFCG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ellington Financial pays out 173.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 78.53% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -19.20%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 11.36% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.
Ellington Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hudson Pacific Properties received 163 more outperform votes than Ellington Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.06% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 56.97% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudson Pacific Properties currently has a consensus target price of $9.05, indicating a potential upside of 51.59%. Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $13.95, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Ellington Financial.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Hudson Pacific Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ellington Financial and 2 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.28 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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