BRT Apartments (BRT) Competitors

BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Does the media refer more to BRT or JBGS?

In the previous week, JBG SMITH Properties had 1 more articles in the media than BRT Apartments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties and 1 mentions for BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments' average media sentiment score of 0.50 equaled JBG SMITH Properties'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BRT Apartments	Positive
JBG SMITH Properties	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, BRT or JBGS?

BRT Apartments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JBG SMITH Properties. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JBG SMITH Properties, 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
BRT Apartments	$93.62M	3.50	$3.87M	-$0.53	-32.88
JBG SMITH Properties	$604.20M	2.15	-$79.98M	-$1.30	-11.83

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BRT or JBGS?

29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BRT or JBGS more profitable?

BRT Apartments has a net margin of -9.94% compared to JBG SMITH Properties' net margin of -20.60%. BRT Apartments' return on equity of -4.33% beat JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRT Apartments	-9.94%	-4.33%	-1.34%
JBG SMITH Properties	-20.60%	-5.56%	-2.17%

Which has more volatility & risk, BRT or JBGS?

BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BRT or JBGS?

BRT Apartments presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.97%. JBG SMITH Properties has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.00%. Given BRT Apartments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than JBG SMITH Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRT Apartments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
JBG SMITH Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is BRT or JBGS a better dividend stock?

BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. BRT Apartments pays out -188.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -53.8% 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. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRT or JBGS?

BRT Apartments received 6 more outperform votes than JBG SMITH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.37% of users gave JBG SMITH Properties an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave BRT Apartments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BRT Apartments	Outperform Votes 284 60.94%	Underperform Votes 182 39.06%
JBG SMITH Properties	Outperform Votes 278 61.37%	Underperform Votes 175 38.63%

Summary

BRT Apartments beats JBG SMITH Properties on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.