Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF) Competitors

Starwood European Real Estate Finance (LON:SWEF) and NB Private Equity Partners (LON:NBPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Does the media favor SWEF or NBPE?

In the previous week, Starwood European Real Estate Finance and Starwood European Real Estate Finance both had 2 articles in the media. Starwood European Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat NB Private Equity Partners' score of 0.27 indicating that Starwood European Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NB Private Equity Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SWEF or NBPE?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance received 38 more outperform votes than NB Private Equity Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.40% of users gave Starwood European Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave NB Private Equity Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	Outperform Votes 83 66.40%	Underperform Votes 42 33.60%
NB Private Equity Partners	Outperform Votes 45 59.21%	Underperform Votes 31 40.79%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SWEF or NBPE?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has higher revenue and earnings than NB Private Equity Partners. NB Private Equity Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starwood European Real Estate Finance, 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
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	£22.57M	10.77	£18.07M	£6.66	13.47
NB Private Equity Partners	£12.90M	71.03	-£27.74M	-£38.13	-41.44

Is SWEF or NBPE more profitable?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 80.09% compared to NB Private Equity Partners' net margin of -215.03%. Starwood European Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 6.79% beat NB Private Equity Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Starwood European Real Estate Finance	80.09%	6.79%	N/A
NB Private Equity Partners	-215.03%	-1.71%	-0.61%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SWEF or NBPE?

80.3% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Starwood European Real Estate Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SWEF or NBPE a better dividend stock?

Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. NB Private Equity Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 71 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Starwood European Real Estate Finance pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NB Private Equity Partners pays out -186.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Starwood European Real Estate Finance beats NB Private Equity Partners on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.