IRS vs. RMR, CTBI, AMTB, ABL, MYI, DCOM, HUT, CFFN, CHCT, and RDFN
Should you be buying IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima include The RMR Group (RMR), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Abacus Life (ABL), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Hut 8 (HUT), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), and Redfin (RDFN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) and IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:IRS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The RMR Group. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The RMR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.3% of The RMR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, The RMR Group had 14 more articles in the media than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for The RMR Group and 1 mentions for IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat The RMR Group's score of 0.43 indicating that The RMR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The RMR Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 99.91% compared to IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 5.93%. The RMR Group's return on equity of 25.70% beat IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.
The RMR Group received 177 more outperform votes than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.42% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote while only 51.20% of users gave IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.
The RMR Group presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.73%. Given IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe The RMR Group is more favorable than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima.
The RMR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.4%. The RMR Group pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima pays out 31.8% 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. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima beats The RMR Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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