ONL vs. KREF, GAMI, CTO, TINV, IPXX, FPI, GMRE, PKST, ANSC, and AAM
Should you be buying Orion Office REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Office REIT include KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), GAMCO Investors (GAMI), CTO Realty Growth (CTO), Tiga Acquisition (TINV), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (IPXX), Farmland Partners (FPI), Global Medical REIT (GMRE), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition (ANSC), and AA Mission Acquisition (AAM). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Orion Office REIT vs. Its Competitors
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) and Orion Office REIT (NYSE:ONL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Orion Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Orion Office REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Orion Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays out -151.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orion Office REIT pays out -5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a net margin of -4.43% compared to Orion Office REIT's net margin of -50.67%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's return on equity of 1.61% beat Orion Office REIT's return on equity.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Office REIT. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion Office REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Orion Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust and 1 mentions for Orion Office REIT. Orion Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 2.00 beat KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's score of 1.89 indicating that Orion Office REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Office REIT has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.95, suggesting a potential upside of 25.99%. Given KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is more favorable than Orion Office REIT.
Summary
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust beats Orion Office REIT on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ONL) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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