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NYSE:LFT

Lument Finance Trust - LFT Competitors

$2.03
+0.01 (+0.50%)
(As of 03/28/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$1.98
$2.05
50-Day Range
$1.87
$2.33
52-Week Range
$1.84
$2.90
Volume
25,857 shs
Average Volume
42,060 shs
Market Capitalization
$106.03 million
P/E Ratio
16.92
Dividend Yield
11.82%
Price Target
$2.90

LFT vs. CMCT, EARN, AHT, CLPR, MITT, ACR, MDV, AAIC, CHMI, and LOAN

Should you be buying Lument Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lument Finance Trust include Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Clipper Realty (CLPR), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Modiv (MDV), Arlington Asset Investment (AAIC), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), and Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Lument Finance Trust vs.

Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (NASDAQ:CMCT) and Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Creative Media & Community Trust Co. pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Lument Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Creative Media & Community Trust Co. pays out -37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lument Finance Trust pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Creative Media & Community Trust Co. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Creative Media & Community Trust Co. had 1 more articles in the media than Lument Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Creative Media & Community Trust Co. and 6 mentions for Lument Finance Trust. Creative Media & Community Trust Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Lument Finance Trust's score of 0.60 indicating that Creative Media & Community Trust Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Creative Media & Community Trust Co.
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lument Finance Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lument Finance Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Co.. Creative Media & Community Trust Co. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Creative Media & Community Trust Co.$101.16 million0.88-$850 thousand-$0.91-4.31
Lument Finance Trust$53.02 million2.00$9.86 million$0.1216.92

Creative Media & Community Trust Co. received 56 more outperform votes than Lument Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.47% of users gave Lument Finance Trust an outperform vote while only 50.45% of users gave Creative Media & Community Trust Co. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Creative Media & Community Trust Co.Outperform Votes
168
50.45%
Underperform Votes
165
49.55%
Lument Finance TrustOutperform Votes
112
67.47%
Underperform Votes
54
32.53%

25.4% of Creative Media & Community Trust Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.6% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.2% of Creative Media & Community Trust Co. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Creative Media & Community Trust Co. has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lument Finance Trust has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Creative Media & Community Trust Co. currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 104.08%. Lument Finance Trust has a consensus price target of $2.90, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Given Creative Media & Community Trust Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Creative Media & Community Trust Co. is more favorable than Lument Finance Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Creative Media & Community Trust Co.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lument Finance Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Lument Finance Trust has a net margin of 18.60% compared to Creative Media & Community Trust Co.'s net margin of 5.58%. Creative Media & Community Trust Co.'s return on equity of 10.38% beat Lument Finance Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Creative Media & Community Trust Co. 5.58% 10.38% 0.84%
Lument Finance Trust 18.60% 7.35% 1.23%

Summary

Creative Media & Community Trust Co. beats Lument Finance Trust on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LFT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LFT vs. The Competition

MetricLument Finance TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$106.03M$5.57B$5.99B$14.20B
Dividend Yield12.00%7.39%8.42%3.93%
P/E Ratio16.9225.14143.9722.78
Price / Sales2.006.805,959.6049.17
Price / Cash6.3310.2523.8716.31
Price / Book0.572.013.556.77
Net Income$9.86M$194.74M$648.99M$871.91M
7 Day Performance4.10%0.78%6.12%1.35%
1 Month Performance-3.33%-7.22%-5.79%-6.31%
1 Year Performance-29.27%-28.19%-4.22%-15.29%

Lument Finance Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCT
Creative Media & Community Trust Co.
2.4852 of 5 stars
$4.30
-3.4%
$8.00
+86.0%
-47.7%$97.91M$90.93M-4.735Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
EARN
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
2.0514 of 5 stars
$6.99
-1.5%
$7.75
+10.9%
-29.9%$97.85M$-25,070,000.00-3.03N/A
AHT
Ashford Hospitality Trust
1.9663 of 5 stars
$2.79
-8.2%
$14.83
+431.7%
-66.9%$96.24M$1.24B-0.6396Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
CLPR
Clipper Realty
1.9838 of 5 stars
$5.93
-2.9%
$11.00
+85.5%
-37.2%$95.24M$129.75M-16.94144Short Interest ↑
Negative News
MITT
AG Mortgage Investment Trust
2.3226 of 5 stars
$5.26
-2.6%
$7.13
+35.5%
-40.6%$114.53M$218,000.00-1.75N/AShort Interest ↑
Negative News
ACR
ACRES Commercial Realty
2.3871 of 5 stars
$9.85
+1.3%
$13.75
+39.6%
-26.5%$85.60M$75.17M-9.752,018Short Interest ↑
MDV
Modiv
2.5553 of 5 stars
$10.84
-3.2%
$18.90
+74.4%
-38.0%$81.80M$46.17M-10.8420Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
AAIC
Arlington Asset Investment
1.8182 of 5 stars
$2.72
-1.8%
$4.88
+79.2%
-24.8%$78.58M$25.53M38.8611Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CHMI
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment
2.352 of 5 stars
$5.60
-1.9%
$7.00
+25.0%
-29.3%$142.17M$40.19M7.09N/AShort Interest ↓
LOAN
Manhattan Bridge Capital
0 of 5 stars
$5.20
-0.2%
N/A-19.7%$59.75M$8.57M10.836Short Interest ↓
Positive News
This page (NYSE:LFT) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff