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

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TSLX or CRESY?

70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend TSLX or CRESY?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending presently has a consensus price target of $23.56, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given Sixth Street Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, TSLX or CRESY?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$482.53M	4.20	$220.02M	$2.01	10.71
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	$887.72M	0.66	$96.15M	$1.15	8.33

Does the media refer more to TSLX or CRESY?

In the previous week, Sixth Street Specialty Lending had 6 more articles in the media than Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending and 1 mentions for Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.'s score of 0.37 indicating that Sixth Street Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TSLX or CRESY 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
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	39.56%	13.47%	6.17%
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.	10.57%	4.65%	1.99%

Which has more volatility & risk, TSLX or CRESY?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSLX or CRESY a better dividend stock?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. 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. Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending beats Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.