Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY) Competitors

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) and Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ:CRESY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, NMRK or CRESY?

Newmark Group has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NMRK or CRESY?

58.4% of Newmark Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of Newmark Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer NMRK or CRESY?

Newmark Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. Given Newmark Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Newmark Group is more favorable than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newmark Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NMRK or CRESY more profitable?

Newmark Group has a net margin of 2.00% compared to Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's net margin of -7.06%. Newmark Group's return on equity of 18.95% beat Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmark Group	2.00%	18.95%	6.23%
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	-7.06%	-2.22%	-0.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NMRK or CRESY?

Newmark Group received 174 more outperform votes than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.78% of users gave Newmark Group an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmark Group	Outperform Votes 349 57.78%	Underperform Votes 255 42.22%
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 56.82%	Underperform Votes 133 43.18%

Is NMRK or CRESY a better dividend stock?

Newmark Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Newmark Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays out -27.3% 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. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NMRK or CRESY?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmark Group. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmark Group, 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
Newmark Group	$2.47B	1.02	$42.58M	$0.30	49.13
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	$1.43B	0.48	$156.92M	-$1.32	-8.70

Does the media favor NMRK or CRESY?

In the previous week, Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria had 2 more articles in the media than Newmark Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria and 2 mentions for Newmark Group. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Newmark Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newmark Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Newmark Group beats Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.