Lument Finance Trust (LFT) Competitors

Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) and CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LFT or CTO?

Lument Finance Trust received 100 more outperform votes than CTO Realty Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Lument Finance Trust an outperform vote while only 32.61% of users gave CTO Realty Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lument Finance Trust	Outperform Votes 115 66.86%	Underperform Votes 57 33.14%
CTO Realty Growth	Outperform Votes 15 32.61%	Underperform Votes 31 67.39%

Does the media refer more to LFT or CTO?

In the previous week, CTO Realty Growth had 3 more articles in the media than Lument Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CTO Realty Growth and 3 mentions for Lument Finance Trust. Lument Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat CTO Realty Growth's score of 0.83 indicating that Lument Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lument Finance Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CTO Realty Growth	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, LFT or CTO?

Lument Finance Trust has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LFT or CTO?

19.5% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LFT or CTO?

Lument Finance Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CTO Realty Growth. CTO Realty Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lument Finance 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
Lument Finance Trust	$34.66M	4.10	$19.72M	$0.36	7.56
CTO Realty Growth	$124.52M	4.90	$5.53M	-$0.22	-87.05

Do analysts recommend LFT or CTO?

Lument Finance Trust presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.09%. CTO Realty Growth has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.66%. Given CTO Realty Growth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than Lument Finance Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lument Finance Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CTO Realty Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67

Is LFT or CTO more profitable?

Lument Finance Trust has a net margin of 18.19% compared to CTO Realty Growth's net margin of -1.58%. Lument Finance Trust's return on equity of 14.41% beat CTO Realty Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lument Finance Trust	18.19%	14.41%	1.98%
CTO Realty Growth	-1.58%	-0.38%	-0.18%

Is LFT or CTO a better dividend stock?

Lument Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Lument Finance Trust pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CTO Realty Growth pays out -690.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Lument Finance Trust beats CTO Realty Growth on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.