LADR vs. MC, VIRT, PIPR, EPRT, LB, IRT, CTRE, VCTR, PECO, and AHR
Should you be buying Ladder Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ladder Capital include Moelis & Company (MC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), LandBridge (LB), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Victory Capital (VCTR), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), and American Healthcare REIT (AHR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Ladder Capital vs.
Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) and Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Moelis & Company received 4 more outperform votes than Ladder Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.17% of users gave Ladder Capital an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave Moelis & Company an outperform vote.
62.3% of Ladder Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Ladder Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Moelis & Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ladder Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ladder Capital pays out 107.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Moelis & Company pays out 147.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ladder Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 2 more articles in the media than Ladder Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Moelis & Company and 3 mentions for Ladder Capital. Ladder Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Moelis & Company's score of 0.57 indicating that Ladder Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ladder Capital currently has a consensus price target of $13.29, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Moelis & Company has a consensus price target of $78.83, indicating a potential upside of 10.99%. Given Ladder Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ladder Capital is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
Ladder Capital has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moelis & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Ladder Capital. Ladder Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moelis & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ladder Capital has a net margin of 21.36% compared to Moelis & Company's net margin of 11.39%. Moelis & Company's return on equity of 38.49% beat Ladder Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Ladder Capital beats Moelis & Company on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LADR) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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