BRT Apartments (BRT) Competitors

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

Is BRT or WT a better dividend stock?

BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. WisdomTree pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BRT Apartments pays out -188.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WisdomTree pays out 38.7% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BRT or WT?

29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of WisdomTree shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of WisdomTree shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRT or WT?

BRT Apartments received 266 more outperform votes than WisdomTree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.07% of users gave WisdomTree 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%
WisdomTree	Outperform Votes 18 62.07%	Underperform Votes 11 37.93%

Is BRT or WT more profitable?

WisdomTree has a net margin of 15.59% compared to BRT Apartments' net margin of -9.94%. WisdomTree's return on equity of 24.67% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRT Apartments	-9.94%	-4.33%	-1.34%
WisdomTree	15.59%	24.67%	10.27%

Which has more risk and volatility, BRT or WT?

BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WisdomTree has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BRT or WT?

In the previous week, WisdomTree had 5 more articles in the media than BRT Apartments. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for WisdomTree and 2 mentions for BRT Apartments. WisdomTree's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat BRT Apartments' score of 0.75 indicating that WisdomTree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BRT Apartments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WisdomTree	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate BRT or WT?

BRT Apartments presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.06%. WisdomTree has a consensus target price of $12.54, suggesting a potential upside of 45.58%. Given WisdomTree's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WisdomTree is more favorable than BRT Apartments.

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
WisdomTree	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BRT or WT?

WisdomTree has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WisdomTree, 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	$95.17M	3.55	$3.87M	-$0.53	-33.89
WisdomTree	$427.74M	2.96	$66.69M	$0.31	27.79

Summary

WisdomTree beats BRT Apartments on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.