Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST) Competitors

Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE:PKST) and Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PKST or ABR?

39.0% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PKST or ABR?

Peakstone Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.16%. Arbor Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $13.20, indicating a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Arbor Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arbor Realty Trust is more favorable than Peakstone Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peakstone Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Arbor Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PKST or ABR?

Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Peakstone Realty Trust. Peakstone Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peakstone Realty Trust	$228.07M	2.23	-$10.43M	-$1.77	-7.81
Arbor Realty Trust	$596.64M	3.50	$264.64M	$1.04	10.44

Does the media refer more to PKST or ABR?

In the previous week, Arbor Realty Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Peakstone Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust and 1 mentions for Peakstone Realty Trust. Peakstone Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Arbor Realty Trust's score of 0.62 indicating that Peakstone Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peakstone Realty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Arbor Realty Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PKST or ABR more profitable?

Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 21.82% compared to Peakstone Realty Trust's net margin of -28.71%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 13.29% beat Peakstone Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peakstone Realty Trust	-28.71%	-5.70%	-2.48%
Arbor Realty Trust	21.82%	13.29%	2.44%

Which has more risk & volatility, PKST or ABR?

Peakstone Realty Trust has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PKST or ABR a better dividend stock?

Peakstone Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Peakstone Realty Trust pays out -50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peakstone Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Arbor Realty Trust beats Peakstone Realty Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.