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NREF vs. DEA, SBR, ORC, NXRT, PAX, NOAH, AC, TINV, PLYM, and AACT

Should you be buying NexPoint Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexPoint Real Estate Finance include Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), Patria Investments (PAX), Noah (NOAH), Associated Capital Group (AC), Tiga Acquisition (TINV), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), and Ares Acquisition Corporation II (AACT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

NexPoint Real Estate Finance vs. Its Competitors

Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) and NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NYSE:NREF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Easterly Government Properties had 1 more articles in the media than NexPoint Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Easterly Government Properties and 2 mentions for NexPoint Real Estate Finance. Easterly Government Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat NexPoint Real Estate Finance's score of 0.48 indicating that Easterly Government Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Easterly Government Properties
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NexPoint Real Estate Finance
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 75.32% compared to Easterly Government Properties' net margin of 5.86%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 24.54% beat Easterly Government Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Easterly Government Properties5.86% 1.30% 0.58%
NexPoint Real Estate Finance 75.32%24.54%1.43%

86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of NexPoint Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.0% of NexPoint Real Estate Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

NexPoint Real Estate Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Easterly Government Properties. NexPoint Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Easterly Government Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Easterly Government Properties$302.05M3.33$19.55M$0.4253.31
NexPoint Real Estate Finance$72.51M3.33$29.19M$2.276.01

Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Easterly Government Properties pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NexPoint Real Estate Finance pays out 88.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NexPoint Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Easterly Government Properties presently has a consensus target price of $27.69, suggesting a potential upside of 23.66%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.23%. Given Easterly Government Properties' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than NexPoint Real Estate Finance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Easterly Government Properties
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
NexPoint Real Estate Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

NexPoint Real Estate Finance beats Easterly Government Properties on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NREF 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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NREF vs. The Competition

MetricNexPoint Real Estate FinanceREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$241.74M$1.42B$11.89B$20.45B
Dividend Yield14.30%12.62%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio6.0116.1819.9627.83
Price / Sales3.333.0325.7546.02
Price / Cash3.4310.9618.7218.22
Price / Book0.710.762.254.59
Net Income$29.19M$79.73M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.37%1.20%1.38%1.73%
1 Month Performance-10.40%1.89%3.40%4.26%
1 Year Performance3.17%-8.64%542.06%14.35%

NexPoint Real Estate Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NREF
NexPoint Real Estate Finance
3.5985 of 5 stars
$13.65
-2.4%
$14.50
+6.2%
+5.7%$241.74M$72.51M6.011News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DEA
Easterly Government Properties
2.6154 of 5 stars
$22.21
-0.2%
$27.69
+24.7%
-26.2%$999.14M$302.05M52.8850
SBR
Sabine Royalty Trust
1.6674 of 5 stars
$66.63
0.0%
N/A+4.2%$971.71M$83.17M12.502,020Positive News
ORC
Orchid Island Capital
4.1337 of 5 stars
$7.00
-0.4%
N/A-14.1%$852.11M$241.58M17.502,018
NXRT
NexPoint Residential Trust
4.8796 of 5 stars
$33.40
+0.6%
$43.58
+30.5%
-11.5%$839.20M$259.70M-26.093News Coverage
Positive News
PAX
Patria Investments
2.4436 of 5 stars
$14.06
+2.5%
$14.00
-0.4%
+15.8%$831.99M$390.10M28.12390
NOAH
Noah
3.3946 of 5 stars
$11.98
-0.4%
$12.00
+0.2%
+36.6%$796M$356.33M12.351,990Positive News
AC
Associated Capital Group
1.9174 of 5 stars
$37.33
-0.6%
N/A+26.0%$793.51M$13.18M20.8520News Coverage
Negative News
TINV
Tiga Acquisition
N/A$22.19
-0.9%
N/A+88.2%$765.56MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
PLYM
Plymouth Industrial REIT
4.0102 of 5 stars
$16.00
-0.6%
$21.10
+31.9%
-23.7%$732.87M$198.35M5.2540Positive News
AACT
Ares Acquisition Corporation II
N/A$11.32
+0.1%
N/A+5.7%$699.63MN/A0.00N/A

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