PGRE vs. FBRT, CSR, CIM, MFA, ALX, UMH, SVC, PLYM, AIV, and ARR
Should you be buying Paramount Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Group include Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Centerspace (CSR), Chimera Investment (CIM), MFA Financial (MFA), Alexander's (ALX), UMH Properties (UMH), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) and Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Paramount Group pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Paramount Group received 206 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 48.02% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.
65.6% of Paramount Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Paramount Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Group. Paramount Group 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.
Paramount Group currently has a consensus price target of $4.60, indicating a potential downside of 4.76%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.25%. Given Franklin BSP Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than Paramount Group.
In the previous week, Paramount Group and Paramount Group both had 1 articles in the media. Paramount Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Franklin BSP Realty Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Paramount Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a net margin of 53.82% compared to Paramount Group's net margin of -33.85%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.32% beat Paramount Group's return on equity.
Summary
Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats Paramount Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PGRE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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