BXMT vs. LAMR, ELS, REG, CPT, REXR, NLY, BXP, CUBE, FRT, and OHI
Should you be buying Blackstone Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone Mortgage Trust include Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Boston Properties (BXP), CubeSmart (CUBE), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), and Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Lamar Advertising has a net margin of 23.29% compared to Lamar Advertising's net margin of 0.24%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 41.86% beat Lamar Advertising's return on equity.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust received 53 more outperform votes than Lamar Advertising when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave Blackstone Mortgage Trust an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote.
93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Lamar Advertising pays out 106.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays out 8,266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lamar Advertising has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 16 more articles in the media than Blackstone Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 10 mentions for Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Blackstone Mortgage Trust's score of 0.27 indicating that Blackstone Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lamar Advertising currently has a consensus price target of $109.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.29%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $19.93, indicating a potential upside of 14.27%. Given Lamar Advertising's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blackstone Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.
Lamar Advertising has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Lamar Advertising is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats Blackstone Mortgage Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Blackstone Mortgage Trust News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BXMT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BXMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
