CMTG vs. NMRK, TSLX, EXPI, MMI, EFC, AHH, RDFN, REAX, CRESY, and FPH
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Newmark Group (NMRK), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), eXp World (EXPI), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Redfin (RDFN), Real Brokerage (REAX), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), and Five Point (FPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust vs.
Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) and Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Claros Mortgage Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Newmark Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust and 3 mentions for Newmark Group. Claros Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Newmark Group's score of 0.80 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Newmark Group has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmark Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Newmark Group presently has a consensus price target of $16.88, indicating a potential upside of 26.98%. Claros Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $6.13, indicating a potential upside of 58.68%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Newmark Group.
Newmark Group has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Newmark Group received 344 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Newmark Group an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
58.4% of Newmark Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of Newmark Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Newmark Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Newmark Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out -63.5% 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. Claros Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Newmark Group has a net margin of 2.00% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -32.75%. Newmark Group's return on equity of 18.95% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Newmark Group beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMTG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
