Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY) Competitors

Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (NASDAQ:CRESY) and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CRESY or TSLX?

12.9% of Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CRESY or TSLX?

In the previous week, Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. had 3 more articles in the media than Sixth Street Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. and 3 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.'s score of 0.98 indicating that Sixth Street Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CRESY or TSLX?

Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRESY or TSLX a better dividend stock?

Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays out 91.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer CRESY or TSLX?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a consensus price target of $23.28, suggesting a potential downside of 0.52%. Given Sixth Street Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sixth Street Specialty Lending is more favorable than Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CRESY or TSLX?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.. Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sixth Street Specialty Lending, 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
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	$887.72M	0.60	$93.37M	$1.15	7.51
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$482.53M	4.57	$220.02M	$2.01	11.64

Is CRESY or TSLX more profitable?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a net margin of 39.56% compared to Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.'s net margin of 10.57%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's return on equity of 13.47% beat Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	10.57%	4.92%	2.10%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	39.56%	13.47%	6.17%

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending beats Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.