BRT vs. BRDG, AAMI, USAR, SAFE, CSR, UNIT, DEA, SBR, NXRT, and ORC
Should you be buying BRT Apartments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRT Apartments include Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Acadian Asset Management (AAMI), USA Rare Earth (USAR), Safehold (SAFE), Centerspace (CSR), Uniti Group (UNIT), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), and Orchid Island Capital (ORC). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
BRT Apartments vs. Its Competitors
Bridge Investment Group (NYSE:BRDG) and BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Bridge Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Bridge Investment Group pays out -84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BRT Apartments pays out -208.3% 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. Bridge Investment Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bridge Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridge Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bridge Investment Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 4.80%. BRT Apartments has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.71%. Given BRT Apartments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than Bridge Investment Group.
Bridge Investment Group has a net margin of -3.45% compared to BRT Apartments' net margin of -9.31%. Bridge Investment Group's return on equity of 10.07% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.
In the previous week, Bridge Investment Group and Bridge Investment Group both had 2 articles in the media. BRT Apartments' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Bridge Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that BRT Apartments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridge Investment Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.8% of Bridge Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. 65.9% of Bridge Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.0% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Bridge Investment Group beats BRT Apartments on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BRT) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
