SRC vs. STWD, CACC, SSB, EEFT, CCCS, FAF, FSK, SIGI, CIB, and PB
Should you be buying Spirit Realty Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirit Realty Capital include Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SouthState (SSB), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), First American Financial (FAF), FS KKR Capital (FSK), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), Bancolombia (CIB), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Spirit Realty Capital vs.
Spirit Realty Capital (NYSE:SRC) and Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Starwood Property Trust has a net margin of 59.50% compared to Spirit Realty Capital's net margin of 40.24%. Starwood Property Trust's return on equity of 10.23% beat Spirit Realty Capital's return on equity.
Spirit Realty Capital has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Starwood Property Trust has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spirit Realty Capital currently has a consensus target price of $42.89, suggesting a potential upside of 12.57%. Starwood Property Trust has a consensus target price of $25.07, suggesting a potential upside of 46.62%. Given Starwood Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Starwood Property Trust is more favorable than Spirit Realty Capital.
Spirit Realty Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Starwood Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Spirit Realty Capital pays out 129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Starwood Property Trust pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Starwood Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Starwood Property Trust received 45 more outperform votes than Spirit Realty Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.84% of users gave Starwood Property Trust an outperform vote while only 60.19% of users gave Spirit Realty Capital an outperform vote.
93.0% of Spirit Realty Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Starwood Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Spirit Realty Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Starwood Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Starwood Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Spirit Realty Capital. Starwood Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirit Realty Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Spirit Realty Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Starwood Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Spirit Realty Capital and 2 mentions for Starwood Property Trust. Spirit Realty Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Starwood Property Trust's score of 0.33 indicating that Spirit Realty Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Starwood Property Trust beats Spirit Realty Capital on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Spirit Realty Capital Competitors List
