CMTG vs. IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, GTY, KW, LPA, EFC, AHH, and HPP
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Latam Logistic Properties (LPA), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), and Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Claros Mortgage Trust had 11 more articles in the media than Innovative Industrial Properties. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust and 7 mentions for Innovative Industrial Properties. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Innovative Industrial Properties' score of 0.71 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovative Industrial Properties has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Claros Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.41%. Innovative Industrial Properties has a consensus target price of $99.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.15%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Innovative Industrial Properties.
Innovative Industrial Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innovative Industrial Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Innovative Industrial Properties pays an annual dividend of $7.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -161.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innovative Industrial Properties pays out 127.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Claros Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Innovative Industrial Properties received 275 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.97% of users gave Innovative Industrial Properties an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Innovative Industrial Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Innovative Industrial Properties shares are held by company 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.
Innovative Industrial Properties has a net margin of 53.07% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -28.16%. Innovative Industrial Properties' return on equity of 8.46% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Innovative Industrial Properties beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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