Exantas Capital (XAN) Competitors

Retail Opportunity Investments (NASDAQ:ROIC) and Exantas Capital (NYSE:XAN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Is ROIC or XAN more profitable?

Retail Opportunity Investments has a net margin of 17.38% compared to Exantas Capital's net margin of -347.93%. Exantas Capital's return on equity of 8.10% beat Retail Opportunity Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Retail Opportunity Investments	17.38%	4.32%	1.96%
Exantas Capital	-347.93%	8.10%	1.61%

Does the media prefer ROIC or XAN?

In the previous week, Retail Opportunity Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Exantas Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Retail Opportunity Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Retail Opportunity Investments	Positive
Exantas Capital	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ROIC or XAN?

Retail Opportunity Investments presently has a consensus target price of $16.20, indicating a potential downside of 7.48%. Given Retail Opportunity Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Retail Opportunity Investments is more favorable than Exantas Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Retail Opportunity Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
Exantas Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ROIC or XAN?

Exantas Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Retail Opportunity Investments. Exantas Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Retail Opportunity Investments, 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
Retail Opportunity Investments	$327.73M	6.89	$34.53M	$0.46	38.07
Exantas Capital	$61.15M	9.38	$35.97M	$1.00	17.87

Is ROIC or XAN a better dividend stock?

Retail Opportunity Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Exantas Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.5%. Retail Opportunity Investments pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exantas Capital pays out 330.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ROIC or XAN?

97.2% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Exantas Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Exantas Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ROIC or XAN?

Retail Opportunity Investments has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exantas Capital has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Retail Opportunity Investments beats Exantas Capital on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.