Independence Realty Trust (IRT) Competitors

Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and Nomura (NYSE:NMR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is IRT or NMR more profitable?

Nomura has a net margin of 6.91% compared to Independence Realty Trust's net margin of -0.03%. Nomura's return on equity of 7.93% beat Independence Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Independence Realty Trust	-0.03%	-0.01%	N/A
Nomura	6.91%	7.93%	0.48%

Which has better earnings and valuation, IRT or NMR?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than Independence Realty Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Independence Realty Trust	$660.98M	6.46	-$17.23M	N/A	N/A
Nomura	$10.82B	1.64	$1.14B	$0.59	10.14

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IRT or NMR?

88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, IRT or NMR?

Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomura has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IRT or NMR a better dividend stock?

Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Nomura pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate IRT or NMR?

Independence Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $21.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.49%. Given Independence Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Independence Realty Trust is more favorable than Nomura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Independence Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer IRT or NMR?

In the previous week, Nomura had 1 more articles in the media than Independence Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Nomura and 0 mentions for Independence Realty Trust. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Nomura's score of 0.79 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Independence Realty Trust	Positive
Nomura	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IRT or NMR?

Independence Realty Trust received 127 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Independence Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 364 60.97%	Underperform Votes 233 39.03%
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.86%	Underperform Votes 203 46.14%

Summary

Independence Realty Trust beats Nomura on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.