AMREP (AXR) Competitors

Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and AMREP (NYSE:AXR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CMTG or AXR?

AMREP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMREP, 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
Claros Mortgage Trust	$97.78M	3.55	$6.03M	-$1.59	-1.57
AMREP	$58.05M	1.89	$6.69M	$2.41	8.59

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CMTG or AXR?

89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of AMREP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of AMREP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMTG or AXR?

AMREP received 116 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.42% of users gave AMREP an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Claros Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 7 16.67%	Underperform Votes 35 83.33%
AMREP	Outperform Votes 123 59.42%	Underperform Votes 84 40.58%

Is CMTG or AXR more profitable?

AMREP has a net margin of 19.52% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -89.07%. AMREP's return on equity of 10.31% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Claros Mortgage Trust	-89.07%	4.72%	1.35%
AMREP	19.52%	10.31%	9.91%

Does the media favor CMTG or AXR?

In the previous week, Claros Mortgage Trust had 1 more articles in the media than AMREP. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust and 1 mentions for AMREP. AMREP's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Claros Mortgage Trust's score of 1.17 indicating that AMREP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Claros Mortgage Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMREP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CMTG or AXR?

Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMREP has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CMTG or AXR?

Claros Mortgage Trust currently has a consensus target price of $4.31, suggesting a potential upside of 73.19%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than AMREP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Claros Mortgage Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
AMREP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

AMREP beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.