Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) Competitors

Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) and Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BNL or ABR?

Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Broadstone Net Lease. Arbor Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadstone Net Lease, 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
Broadstone Net Lease	$442.89M	7.26	$155.48M	$0.76	22.43
Arbor Realty Trust	$1.33B	2.18	$371.43M	$1.35	11.41

Which has more risk and volatility, BNL or ABR?

Broadstone Net Lease has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BNL or ABR?

89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BNL or ABR more profitable?

Broadstone Net Lease has a net margin of 33.56% compared to Arbor Realty Trust's net margin of 23.99%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.94% beat Broadstone Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadstone Net Lease	33.56%	4.47%	2.71%
Arbor Realty Trust	23.99%	14.94%	2.61%

Is BNL or ABR a better dividend stock?

Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Broadstone Net Lease 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. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 127.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arbor Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Arbor Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate BNL or ABR?

Broadstone Net Lease presently has a consensus price target of $18.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.04%. Arbor Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $14.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.53%. Given Broadstone Net Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Broadstone Net Lease is more favorable than Arbor Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Arbor Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to BNL or ABR?

In the previous week, Broadstone Net Lease had 3 more articles in the media than Arbor Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Broadstone Net Lease and 3 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust. Broadstone Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Arbor Realty Trust's score of 1.17 indicating that Broadstone Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Broadstone Net Lease	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arbor Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BNL or ABR?

Arbor Realty Trust received 266 more outperform votes than Broadstone Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Arbor Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 34.38% of users gave Broadstone Net Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Broadstone Net Lease	Outperform Votes 22 34.38%	Underperform Votes 42 65.63%
Arbor Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 288 61.41%	Underperform Votes 181 38.59%

Summary

Arbor Realty Trust beats Broadstone Net Lease on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.