Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI) Competitors

Real Estate Credit Investments (LON:RECI) and AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is RECI or AGT a better dividend stock?

Real Estate Credit Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. AVI Global Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Real Estate Credit Investments pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AVI Global Trust pays out 8.0% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RECI or AGT?

55.4% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of AVI Global Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of AVI Global Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RECI or AGT more profitable?

Real Estate Credit Investments has a net margin of 814.69% compared to AVI Global Trust's net margin of 98.28%. Real Estate Credit Investments' return on equity of 72.23% beat AVI Global Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Real Estate Credit Investments	814.69%	72.23%	4.07%
AVI Global Trust	98.28%	20.08%	7.00%

Does the media prefer RECI or AGT?

In the previous week, AVI Global Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Real Estate Credit Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AVI Global Trust and 1 mentions for Real Estate Credit Investments. AVI Global Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Real Estate Credit Investments' score of 1.53 indicating that AVI Global Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Real Estate Credit Investments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AVI Global Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RECI or AGT?

Real Estate Credit Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AVI Global Trust. Real Estate Credit Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AVI Global Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Real Estate Credit Investments	£28.71M	9.89	£233.91M	£104.54	1.22
AVI Global Trust	£219.59M	5.15	£215.81M	£49.82	5.23

Which has more volatility and risk, RECI or AGT?

Real Estate Credit Investments has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AVI Global Trust has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AVI Global Trust beats Real Estate Credit Investments on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.