Real Brokerage (REAX) Competitors

Real Brokerage (NASDAQ:REAX) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, REAX or HTGC?

Real Brokerage has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer REAX or HTGC?

Real Brokerage presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.13%. Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $21.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.84%. Given Real Brokerage's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Real Brokerage is more favorable than Hercules Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Real Brokerage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hercules Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor REAX or HTGC?

Hercules Capital received 457 more outperform votes than Real Brokerage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.61% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 51.85% of users gave Real Brokerage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Real Brokerage	Outperform Votes 14 51.85%	Underperform Votes 13 48.15%
Hercules Capital	Outperform Votes 471 64.61%	Underperform Votes 258 35.39%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, REAX or HTGC?

Hercules Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Real Brokerage. Real Brokerage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Capital, 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
Real Brokerage	$689.16M	1.30	-$27.50M	-$0.18	-25.22
Hercules Capital	$460.67M	7.32	$337.48M	$2.02	10.27

Does the media prefer REAX or HTGC?

In the previous week, Real Brokerage had 3 more articles in the media than Hercules Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Real Brokerage and 4 mentions for Hercules Capital. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Real Brokerage's score of 0.64 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Real Brokerage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hercules Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is REAX or HTGC more profitable?

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 65.07% compared to Real Brokerage's net margin of -2.91%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 17.88% beat Real Brokerage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Real Brokerage	-2.91%	-73.22%	-25.07%
Hercules Capital	65.07%	17.88%	9.16%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of REAX or HTGC?

53.3% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.2% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital 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.

Summary

Hercules Capital beats Real Brokerage on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.