Safehold (SAFE) Competitors

Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) and Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor VCTR or SAFE?

In the previous week, Victory Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Victory Capital and 1 mentions for Safehold. Victory Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Safehold's score of 0.00 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Victory Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Safehold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer VCTR or SAFE?

Victory Capital presently has a consensus price target of $71.56, suggesting a potential upside of 13.02%. Safehold has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 49.97%. Given Safehold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than Victory Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Victory Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Safehold	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VCTR or SAFE?

Safehold received 13 more outperform votes than Victory Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.94% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave Safehold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Victory Capital	Outperform Votes 212 55.94%	Underperform Votes 167 44.06%
Safehold	Outperform Votes 225 55.01%	Underperform Votes 184 44.99%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VCTR or SAFE?

Victory Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Safehold. Safehold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victory Capital, 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
Victory Capital	$897.22M	4.74	$288.86M	$4.49	14.10
Safehold	$370.15M	3.04	$105.76M	$1.46	10.73

Is VCTR or SAFE a better dividend stock?

Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Victory Capital pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safehold pays out 47.9% 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. Victory Capital has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Safehold has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VCTR or SAFE?

87.7% of Victory Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Victory Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Safehold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VCTR or SAFE more profitable?

Victory Capital has a net margin of 32.33% compared to Safehold's net margin of 28.92%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 31.08% beat Safehold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Victory Capital	32.33%	31.08%	13.69%
Safehold	28.92%	4.76%	1.65%

Which has more volatility and risk, VCTR or SAFE?

Victory Capital has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Victory Capital beats Safehold on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.