Real Brokerage (REAX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HTGC or REAX?

Hercules Capital received 458 more outperform votes than Real Brokerage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.57% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 51.85% of users gave Real Brokerage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hercules Capital	Outperform Votes 472 64.57%	Underperform Votes 259 35.43%
Real Brokerage	Outperform Votes 14 51.85%	Underperform Votes 13 48.15%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HTGC or REAX?

Hercules Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Hercules Capital	$493.59M	7.54	$262.97M	$1.61	13.35
Real Brokerage	$1.10B	0.95	-$27.50M	-$0.18	-29.11

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

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

Is HTGC or REAX more profitable?

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 53.28% compared to Real Brokerage's net margin of -2.91%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 17.19% beat Real Brokerage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hercules Capital	53.28%	17.19%	8.77%
Real Brokerage	-2.91%	-73.22%	-25.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, HTGC or REAX?

Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Real Brokerage has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HTGC or REAX?

Hercules Capital presently has a consensus price target of $21.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.44%. Real Brokerage has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.58%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Real Brokerage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hercules Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Real Brokerage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to HTGC or REAX?

In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 10 more articles in the media than Real Brokerage. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hercules Capital and 5 mentions for Real Brokerage. Real Brokerage's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.58 indicating that Real Brokerage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hercules Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Real Brokerage	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hercules Capital beats Real Brokerage on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.