Exantas Capital (XAN) Competitors

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

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 18.3%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	9.45	$35.97M	$1.00	18.01

Do analysts prefer ROIC or XAN?

Retail Opportunity Investments currently has a consensus price target of $16.20, indicating a potential downside of 7.48%. Given Retail Opportunity Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Does the media refer more to ROIC or XAN?

In the previous week, Retail Opportunity Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Exantas Capital'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Retail Opportunity Investments	Neutral
Exantas Capital	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ROIC or XAN?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ROIC or XAN?

97.2% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Exantas Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Exantas Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROIC or XAN?

Retail Opportunity Investments received 268 more outperform votes than Exantas Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.07% of users gave Retail Opportunity Investments an outperform vote while only 24.48% of users gave Exantas Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Retail Opportunity Investments	Outperform Votes 327 52.07%	Underperform Votes 301 47.93%
Exantas Capital	Outperform Votes 59 24.48%	Underperform Votes 182 75.52%

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%

Summary

Retail Opportunity Investments beats Exantas Capital on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.