LOAN vs. SELF, AHT, CLPR, CMCT, SOHO, GIPR, NYC, ACR, CHMI, and LFT
Should you be buying Manhattan Bridge Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manhattan Bridge Capital include Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Clipper Realty (CLPR), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), Generation Income Properties (GIPR), American Strategic Investment (NYC), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), and Lument Finance Trust (LFT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF) and Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Global Self Storage pays out 152.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays out 92.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Self Storage has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Manhattan Bridge Capital has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Manhattan Bridge Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Manhattan Bridge Capital received 59 more outperform votes than Global Self Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.94% of users gave Manhattan Bridge Capital an outperform vote while only 68.28% of users gave Global Self Storage an outperform vote.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 57.10% compared to Manhattan Bridge Capital's net margin of 18.15%. Global Self Storage's return on equity of 13.26% beat Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity.
Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Manhattan Bridge Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Global Self Storage. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital and 1 mentions for Global Self Storage. Global Self Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Manhattan Bridge Capital's score of 0.29 indicating that Manhattan Bridge Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Self Storage. Manhattan Bridge Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Self Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Manhattan Bridge Capital beats Global Self Storage on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LOAN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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