LFT vs. MDV, ACR, AJX, CHMI, MITT, CMCT, BHR, ONL, CIO, and CLPR
Should you be buying Lument Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lument Finance Trust include Modiv Industrial (MDV), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Great Ajax (AJX), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), Orion Office REIT (ONL), City Office REIT (CIO), and Clipper Realty (CLPR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Lument Finance Trust received 107 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave Lument Finance Trust an outperform vote.
Lument Finance Trust has a net margin of 17.02% compared to Modiv Industrial's net margin of -14.09%. Lument Finance Trust's return on equity of 9.23% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.
19.5% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned 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.
Lument Finance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lument Finance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lument Finance Trust has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.31, meaning that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lument Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Lument Finance Trust pays out 93.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Modiv Industrial pays out -81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Lument Finance Trust currently has a consensus price target of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 14.63%. Given Lument Finance Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lument Finance Trust is more favorable than Modiv Industrial.
In the previous week, Modiv Industrial had 1 more articles in the media than Lument Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Modiv Industrial and 2 mentions for Lument Finance Trust. Lument Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Modiv Industrial's score of 0.00 indicating that Lument Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lument Finance Trust beats Modiv Industrial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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