REFI vs. PSTL, BRT, ILPT, NREF, NLOP, ACRE, PINE, ONL, CIO, and FSP
Should you be buying Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance include Postal Realty Trust (PSTL), BRT Apartments (BRT), Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (ILPT), NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NREF), Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE), Orion Office REIT (ONL), City Office REIT (CIO), and Franklin Street Properties (FSP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (NASDAQ:REFI) and Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Postal Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance and 3 mentions for Postal Realty Trust. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Postal Realty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
25.5% of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Postal Realty Trust. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postal Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 62.74% compared to Postal Realty Trust's net margin of 5.42%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 13.84% beat Postal Realty Trust's return on equity.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance pays out 94.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Postal Realty Trust pays out 960.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance presently has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.19%. Postal Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.62%. Given Postal Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Postal Realty Trust is more favorable than Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance.
Postal Realty Trust received 25 more outperform votes than Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 46.84% of users gave Postal Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance beats Postal Realty Trust on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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