AHH vs. HTGC, CWK, GRP.U, UE, NMRK, TSLX, EXPI, MMI, EFC, and RDFN
Should you be buying Armada Hoffler Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armada Hoffler Properties include Hercules Capital (HTGC), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Newmark Group (NMRK), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), eXp World (EXPI), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Ellington Financial (EFC), and Redfin (RDFN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Armada Hoffler Properties vs.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Hercules Capital currently has a consensus price target of $21.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.84%. Armada Hoffler Properties has a consensus price target of $11.58, indicating a potential upside of 18.32%. Given Armada Hoffler Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Armada Hoffler Properties is more favorable than Hercules Capital.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 65.07% compared to Armada Hoffler Properties' net margin of -1.01%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 17.88% beat Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity.
Hercules Capital received 116 more outperform votes than Armada Hoffler Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.62% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 64.61% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Armada Hoffler Properties. Armada Hoffler Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Armada Hoffler Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Hercules Capital. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties and 6 mentions for Hercules Capital. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.38 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Hercules Capital pays out 79.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out -390.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armada Hoffler Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Armada Hoffler Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AHH) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
