CSR vs. FBRT, PGRE, CIM, SVC, MFA, UMH, PLYM, UNIT, ALX, and ARR
Should you be buying Centerspace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerspace include Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Paramount Group (PGRE), Chimera Investment (CIM), Service Properties Trust (SVC), MFA Financial (MFA), UMH Properties (UMH), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Uniti Group (UNIT), Alexander's (ALX), and ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) and Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a net margin of 53.82% compared to Franklin BSP Realty Trust's net margin of -2.38%. Centerspace's return on equity of 14.32% beat Franklin BSP Realty Trust's return on equity.
Centerspace received 15 more outperform votes than Franklin BSP Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave Franklin BSP Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 39.71% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote.
59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Centerspace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Centerspace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.25%. Centerspace has a consensus price target of $66.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.72%. Given Centerspace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than Centerspace.
In the previous week, Centerspace had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin BSP Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Centerspace and 1 mentions for Franklin BSP Realty Trust. Franklin BSP Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Centerspace's score of 0.00 indicating that Centerspace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerspace has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Centerspace. Centerspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin BSP Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays out 107.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centerspace pays out -375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centerspace has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats Centerspace on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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