HCFT vs. ACRE, TCI, FVR, PINE, ILPT, MITT, BHR, CIO, FSP, and EARN
Should you be buying Hunt Companies Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hunt Companies Finance Trust include Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Transcontinental Realty Investors (TCI), FrontView REIT (FVR), Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE), Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (ILPT), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), City Office REIT (CIO), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), and Ellington Credit (EARN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust vs.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust (NYSE:HCFT) and Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
36.2% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ares Commercial Real Estate received 236 more outperform votes than Hunt Companies Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.23% of users gave Hunt Companies Finance Trust an outperform vote while only 58.44% of users gave Ares Commercial Real Estate an outperform vote.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Commercial Real Estate. Ares Commercial Real Estate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hunt Companies Finance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hunt Companies Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ares Commercial Real Estate'saverage media sentiment score.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Hunt Companies Finance Trust pays out 106.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ares Commercial Real Estate has a consensus target price of $5.81, indicating a potential upside of 22.24%. Given Ares Commercial Real Estate's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Commercial Real Estate is more favorable than Hunt Companies Finance Trust.
Hunt Companies Finance Trust has a net margin of 21.24% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -50.24%. Hunt Companies Finance Trust's return on equity of 7.51% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.
Summary
Hunt Companies Finance Trust beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HCFT) was last updated on 3/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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