KREF vs. CHCT, INN, DX, NYMT, NXRT, BDN, WSR, TRTX, RWT, and DHC
Should you be buying KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Dynex Capital (DX), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Whitestone REIT (WSR), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Redwood Trust (RWT), and Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) and Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Community Healthcare Trust had 4 more articles in the media than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Community Healthcare Trust and 1 mentions for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Community Healthcare Trust's score of 0.63 indicating that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community Healthcare Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Healthcare Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Healthcare Trust has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.1%. Community Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays out -220.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Healthcare Trust pays out 871.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Community Healthcare Trust has a net margin of 6.84% compared to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's net margin of -4.82%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's return on equity of 10.59% beat Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity.
Community Healthcare Trust received 46 more outperform votes than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Community Healthcare Trust an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave KKR Real Estate Finance Trust an outperform vote.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust presently has a consensus price target of $12.57, indicating a potential upside of 24.96%. Community Healthcare Trust has a consensus price target of $34.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.32%. Given Community Healthcare Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Community Healthcare Trust is more favorable than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.
Summary
Community Healthcare Trust beats KKR Real Estate Finance Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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