CLPR vs. CMCT, LOAN, SELF, AHT, SOHO, ACR, GIPR, CHMI, NYC, and LFT
Should you be buying Clipper Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clipper Realty include Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Generation Income Properties (GIPR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), American Strategic Investment (NYC), and Lument Finance Trust (LFT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Clipper Realty (NYSE:CLPR) and Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (NASDAQ:CMCT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Clipper Realty has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Media & Community Trust Co. has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clipper Realty received 84 more outperform votes than Creative Media & Community Trust Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.98% of users gave Clipper Realty an outperform vote while only 44.62% of users gave Creative Media & Community Trust Co. an outperform vote.
Clipper Realty has a net margin of -3.01% compared to Creative Media & Community Trust Co.'s net margin of -36.40%. Creative Media & Community Trust Co.'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Clipper Realty's return on equity.
Clipper Realty presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 137.50%. Creative Media & Community Trust Co. has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.78%. Given Clipper Realty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clipper Realty is more favorable than Creative Media & Community Trust Co..
In the previous week, Creative Media & Community Trust Co. had 12 more articles in the media than Clipper Realty. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Creative Media & Community Trust Co. and 0 mentions for Clipper Realty. Creative Media & Community Trust Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Clipper Realty's score of 0.00 indicating that Creative Media & Community Trust Co. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clipper Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Creative Media & Community Trust Co. pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Clipper Realty pays out -108.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Creative Media & Community Trust Co. pays out -10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Clipper Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Co.. Clipper Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Creative Media & Community Trust Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
37.6% of Clipper Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.3% of Clipper Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Creative Media & Community Trust Co. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Clipper Realty beats Creative Media & Community Trust Co. on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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