BRSP vs. BDN, UNIT, DX, RWT, BFS, SVC, NXRT, ARR, PLYM, and TRTX
Should you be buying BrightSpire Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightSpire Capital include Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Uniti Group (UNIT), Dynex Capital (DX), Redwood Trust (RWT), Saul Centers (BFS), Service Properties Trust (SVC), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), and TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Brandywine Realty Trust received 361 more outperform votes than BrightSpire Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.61% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brandywine Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than BrightSpire Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust and 4 mentions for BrightSpire Capital. Brandywine Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat BrightSpire Capital's score of -0.05 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. BrightSpire Capital pays out -145.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BrightSpire Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brandywine Realty Trust. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brandywine Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BrightSpire Capital presently has a consensus target price of $7.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.00%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $5.63, indicating a potential upside of 23.90%. Given BrightSpire Capital's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Brandywine Realty Trust.
BrightSpire Capital has a net margin of -33.20% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -40.61%. BrightSpire Capital's return on equity of 9.36% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.
56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of BrightSpire Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BrightSpire Capital and Brandywine Realty Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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