ABR vs. ACRE, ARI, BXMT, LADR, RC, STWD, FRHC, BRX, HLNE, and VIRT
Should you be buying Arbor Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbor Realty Trust include Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Ladder Capital (LADR), Ready Capital (RC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Freedom (FRHC), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), and Virtu Financial (VIRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Arbor Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors
Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) and Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ares Commercial Real Estate currently has a consensus price target of $5.58, suggesting a potential upside of 22.93%. Arbor Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $13.20, suggesting a potential upside of 16.54%. Given Ares Commercial Real Estate's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ares Commercial Real Estate is more favorable than Arbor Realty Trust.
Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -240.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Commercial Real Estate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Ares Commercial Real Estate and Ares Commercial Real Estate both had 2 articles in the media. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's score of 0.70 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Commercial Real Estate. Ares Commercial Real Estate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 21.82% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -20.22%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 13.29% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.
Summary
Arbor Realty Trust beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ABR) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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