CMTG vs. AHH, EFC, KW, GTY, HPP, FOR, FRPH, FPH, MLP, and TRC
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Ellington Financial (EFC), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Getty Realty (GTY), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Forestar Group (FOR), FRP (FRPH), Five Point (FPH), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), and Tejon Ranch (TRC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) and Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
Armada Hoffler Properties has a net margin of 2.76% compared to Armada Hoffler Properties' net margin of -28.16%. Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 2.96% beat Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.50%. Given Armada Hoffler Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
In the previous week, Claros Mortgage Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Armada Hoffler Properties. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust and 2 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties. Armada Hoffler Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Claros Mortgage Trust's score of 0.47 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Armada Hoffler Properties received 347 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out 911.2% 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 pays out -161.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armada Hoffler Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Claros Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Armada Hoffler Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armada Hoffler Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Armada Hoffler Properties beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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