CRT vs. RILY, WTF, PINE, SAMG, HLXB, BIOX, FLD, SPKL, EVE, and FSP
Should you be buying Cross Timbers Royalty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust include B. Riley Financial (RILY), Waton Financial (WTF), Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), Helix Acquisition Corp. II (HLXB), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Fold (FLD), Spark I Acquisition (SPKL), EVe Mobility Acquisition (EVE), and Franklin Street Properties (FSP). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust vs. Its Competitors
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT) and B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ:RILY) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B. Riley Financial has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, B. Riley Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for B. Riley Financial and 0 mentions for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat B. Riley Financial's score of 0.63 indicating that Cross Timbers Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of B. Riley Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of B. Riley Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a net margin of 84.24% compared to B. Riley Financial's net margin of -85.67%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's return on equity of 231.09% beat B. Riley Financial's return on equity.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. B. Riley Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.0%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B. Riley Financial pays out -7.9% 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. B. Riley Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B. Riley Financial. B. Riley Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust beats B. Riley Financial on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRT) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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