KW vs. CMTG, EFC, AHH, GTY, HPP, SRG, FPH, FOR, TRC, and UE
Should you be buying Kennedy-Wilson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennedy-Wilson include Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Getty Realty (GTY), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Five Point (FPH), Forestar Group (FOR), Tejon Ranch (TRC), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Kennedy-Wilson pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out 5,002.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kennedy-Wilson pays out -39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennedy-Wilson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Claros Mortgage Trust currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.38%. Kennedy-Wilson has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.56%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kennedy-Wilson is more favorable than Claros Mortgage Trust.
Kennedy-Wilson received 389 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.77% of users gave Kennedy-Wilson an outperform vote while only 17.86% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kennedy-Wilson had 2 more articles in the media than Claros Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kennedy-Wilson and 2 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Kennedy-Wilson's score of 0.00 indicating that Kennedy-Wilson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a net margin of 1.97% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -55.65%. Kennedy-Wilson's return on equity of 2.01% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Claros Mortgage Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Claros Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Claros Mortgage Trust beats Kennedy-Wilson on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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