AJX vs. OLP, LAND, IVR, PKST, ORC, CLDT, CTO, ACRE, NLOP, and BRT Should you be buying Great Ajax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Ajax include One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gladstone Land (LAND), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), CTO Realty Growth (CTO), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP), and BRT Apartments (BRT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Great Ajax (NYSE:AJX ) and One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
58.6% of Great Ajax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Great Ajax shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, One Liberty Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Great Ajax. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for One Liberty Properties and 1 mentions for Great Ajax. One Liberty Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Great Ajax's score of 1.00 indicating that One Liberty Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great Ajax pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Great Ajax pays out -6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. One Liberty Properties pays out 132.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Great Ajax has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
One Liberty Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Great Ajax. Great Ajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than One Liberty Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.51% compared to Great Ajax's net margin of 0.00%. One Liberty Properties' return on equity of 9.56% beat Great Ajax's return on equity.
Great Ajax presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 121.24%. One Liberty Properties has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.52%. Given Great Ajax's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Great Ajax is more favorable than One Liberty Properties.
Great Ajax received 44 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.82% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote while only 57.54% of users gave Great Ajax an outperform vote.
Summary One Liberty Properties beats Great Ajax on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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