CTO vs. ABR, IVT, SSRM, GNL, DBRG, TIGR, VRE, ELME, LADR, and SILA
Should you be buying CTO Realty Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CTO Realty Growth include Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), SSR Mining (SSRM), Global Net Lease (GNL), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), UP Fintech (TIGR), Veris Residential (VRE), Elme Communities (ELME), Ladder Capital (LADR), and Sila Realty Trust (SILA). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
CTO Realty Growth vs.
CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) and Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, CTO Realty Growth had 3 more articles in the media than Arbor Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CTO Realty Growth and 4 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust. CTO Realty Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Arbor Realty Trust's score of 0.68 indicating that CTO Realty Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arbor Realty Trust received 272 more outperform votes than CTO Realty Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave Arbor Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 34.04% of users gave CTO Realty Growth an outperform vote.
CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. CTO Realty Growth pays out -690.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 144.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arbor Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Arbor Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than CTO Realty Growth. CTO Realty Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CTO Realty Growth currently has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.34%. Arbor Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.97%. Given Arbor Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arbor Realty Trust is more favorable than CTO Realty Growth.
67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 22.66% compared to CTO Realty Growth's net margin of -1.58%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.75% beat CTO Realty Growth's return on equity.
Summary
Arbor Realty Trust beats CTO Realty Growth on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CTO) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
