Ladder Capital (LADR) Competitors

Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) and Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is LADR or EPRT more profitable?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 46.00% compared to Ladder Capital's net margin of 18.90%. Ladder Capital's return on equity of 9.14% beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ladder Capital	18.90%	9.14%	2.63%
Essential Properties Realty Trust	46.00%	6.20%	3.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LADR or EPRT?

Ladder Capital received 104 more outperform votes than Essential Properties Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.17% of users gave Ladder Capital an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ladder Capital	Outperform Votes 308 64.17%	Underperform Votes 172 35.83%
Essential Properties Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 204 63.16%	Underperform Votes 119 36.84%

Is LADR or EPRT a better dividend stock?

Ladder Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ladder Capital pays out 121.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 102.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LADR or EPRT?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ladder Capital. Ladder Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Properties Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ladder Capital	$534.41M	2.67	$101.12M	$0.76	14.71
Essential Properties Realty Trust	$359.60M	15.48	$190.71M	$1.15	27.61

Which has more volatility and risk, LADR or EPRT?

Ladder Capital has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LADR or EPRT?

In the previous week, Ladder Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Essential Properties Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ladder Capital and 4 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust. Essential Properties Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Ladder Capital's score of 0.03 indicating that Essential Properties Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ladder Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Essential Properties Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LADR or EPRT?

62.3% of Ladder Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Ladder Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend LADR or EPRT?

Ladder Capital presently has a consensus price target of $13.29, indicating a potential upside of 18.86%. Essential Properties Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $33.91, indicating a potential upside of 6.79%. Given Ladder Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ladder Capital is more favorable than Essential Properties Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ladder Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Essential Properties Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Summary

Ladder Capital beats Essential Properties Realty Trust on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.