STHO vs. GOOD, VMO, CION, CCAP, IGIC, NBBK, KREF, TRTX, NXP, and INN
Should you be buying Star stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star include Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), CION Investment (CION), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), International General Insurance (IGIC), NB Bancorp (NBBK), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), and Summit Hotel Properties (INN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ:GOOD) and Star (NASDAQ:STHO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
Gladstone Commercial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gladstone Commercial has a net margin of 3.60% compared to Gladstone Commercial's net margin of -117.43%. Star's return on equity of 3.19% beat Gladstone Commercial's return on equity.
Gladstone Commercial received 268 more outperform votes than Star when rated by MarketBeat users.
Gladstone Commercial currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.71%. Given Star's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Commercial is more favorable than Star.
Gladstone Commercial has higher revenue and earnings than Star. Gladstone Commercial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Star had 34 more articles in the media than Gladstone Commercial. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Star and 3 mentions for Gladstone Commercial. Star's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Gladstone Commercial's score of 0.02 indicating that Gladstone Commercial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Star shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Star shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Gladstone Commercial beats Star on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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