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Spark I Acquisition (SPKL) Competitors

$10.68 -0.01 (-0.05%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:20 PM Eastern
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SPKL vs. KREF, AACT, TRTX, PAX, NOAH, FSNB, ORC, ABL, CTO, and TINV

Should you be buying Spark I Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spark I Acquisition include KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Patria Investments (PAX), Noah (NOAH), Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Abacus Life (ABL), CTO Realty Growth (CTO), and Tiga Acquisition (TINV). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Spark I Acquisition vs.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) and Spark I Acquisition (NASDAQ:SPKL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Spark I Acquisition has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a net margin of 0.40% compared to Spark I Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's return on equity of 9.46% beat Spark I Acquisition's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust0.40% 9.46% 1.86%
Spark I Acquisition N/A N/A N/A

70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Spark I Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Spark I Acquisition 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.

In the previous week, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Spark I Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust and 0 mentions for Spark I Acquisition. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Spark I Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Positive
Spark I Acquisition Neutral

Spark I Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust$640.41M1.15-$30.85M-$0.30-35.35
Spark I AcquisitionN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust currently has a consensus target price of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 19.06%. Given KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is more favorable than Spark I Acquisition.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Spark I Acquisition
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust received 259 more outperform votes than Spark I Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KKR Real Estate Finance TrustOutperform Votes
259
59.95%
Underperform Votes
173
40.05%
Spark I AcquisitionN/AN/A

Summary

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust beats Spark I Acquisition on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SPKL vs. The Competition

MetricSpark I AcquisitionHolding Offices IndustryUnclassified SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$175.31M$425.41M$122.16M$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A7.24%5.15%4.02%
P/E RatioN/A2.481.1817.36
Price / SalesN/A111.0213.9677.11
Price / CashN/A67.7490.2135.97
Price / BookN/A4.681.014.79
Net IncomeN/A$34.48M$1.73M$225.00M
7 Day Performance0.14%0.84%-0.53%2.37%
1 Month Performance0.80%23.27%23.81%4.40%
1 Year Performance4.55%27.01%29.04%20.10%

Spark I Acquisition Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPKL
Spark I Acquisition
N/A$10.68
0.0%
N/A+4.6%$175.31MN/A0.00N/A
KREF
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust
4.4052 of 5 stars
$10.02
+1.0%
$12.75
+27.2%
-15.2%$697.12M$164.97M-33.40N/A
AACT
Ares Acquisition Co. II
N/A$10.98
flat
N/A+4.9%$686.25MN/A0.00N/A
TRTX
TPG RE Finance Trust
3.1316 of 5 stars
$8.35
+0.7%
$9.08
+8.8%
+38.0%$675.75M$154.87M12.10N/APositive News
PAX
Patria Investments
3.8313 of 5 stars
$11.20
-0.7%
$14.00
+25.0%
-18.4%$669.39M$328.72M26.05390
NOAH
Noah
3.8653 of 5 stars
$10.05
-0.9%
$13.00
+29.4%
-6.7%$663.04M$2.81B8.592,583
FSNB
Fusion Acquisition Corp. II
N/A$10.49
flat
N/AN/A$655.63MN/A0.002High Trading Volume
ORC
Orchid Island Capital
3.4761 of 5 stars
$7.64
-1.4%
$9.50
+24.3%
-5.4%$610.05M$75.70M7.282,018
ABL
Abacus Life
3.7979 of 5 stars
$7.11
+2.7%
$14.30
+101.1%
-37.9%$602.07M$102.41M-39.5082
CTO
CTO Realty Growth
2.2696 of 5 stars
$19.51
+2.0%
$21.00
+7.6%
+18.3%$584.83M$118.66M33.0730
TINV
Tiga Acquisition
N/A$16.74
-3.3%
N/A+97.6%$577.53MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume

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