LADR vs. VIRT, CTRE, LB, IRT, AHR, PIPR, MC, PECO, AB, and TFPM
Should you be buying Ladder Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ladder Capital include Virtu Financial (VIRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), LandBridge (LB), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Moelis & Company (MC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), AllianceBernstein (AB), and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Ladder Capital vs.
Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) and Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Virtu Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ladder Capital. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ladder Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ladder Capital has a net margin of 21.36% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 9.61%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 27.39% beat Ladder Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Virtu Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Ladder Capital. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Virtu Financial and 5 mentions for Ladder Capital. Virtu Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Ladder Capital's score of 0.90 indicating that Virtu Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ladder Capital has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtu Financial received 71 more outperform votes than Ladder Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.03% of users gave Ladder Capital an outperform vote while only 61.53% of users gave Virtu Financial an outperform vote.
Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ladder Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Virtu Financial pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Virtu Financial presently has a consensus price target of $31.36, indicating a potential downside of 15.77%. Ladder Capital has a consensus price target of $13.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.54%. Given Ladder Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ladder Capital is more favorable than Virtu Financial.
45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Ladder Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 46.7% of Virtu Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ladder Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ladder Capital beats Virtu Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LADR) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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