PGRE vs. MFA, CHCT, ARR, FBRT, BFS, UMH, ALX, PLYM, ESRT, and PMT
Should you be buying Paramount Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Group include MFA Financial (MFA), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Saul Centers (BFS), UMH Properties (UMH), Alexander's (ALX), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Paramount Group vs.
Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) and MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Paramount Group currently has a consensus target price of $6.04, suggesting a potential upside of 49.18%. MFA Financial has a consensus target price of $12.45, suggesting a potential upside of 41.96%. Given Paramount Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Paramount Group is more favorable than MFA Financial.
Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. MFA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Paramount Group pays out -193.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MFA Financial pays out -54.7% 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.
59.2% of Paramount Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of MFA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Paramount Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of MFA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Paramount Group has higher revenue and earnings than MFA Financial. Paramount Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MFA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paramount Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFA Financial has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Paramount Group had 9 more articles in the media than MFA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Paramount Group and 0 mentions for MFA Financial. Paramount Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat MFA Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Paramount Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MFA Financial received 134 more outperform votes than Paramount Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave MFA Financial an outperform vote while only 49.54% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.
Paramount Group has a net margin of -4.91% compared to MFA Financial's net margin of -48.00%. Paramount Group's return on equity of -0.82% beat MFA Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Paramount Group and MFA Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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