Noah (NOAH) Competitors

Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) and Noah (NYSE:NOAH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do analysts recommend BNL or NOAH?

Broadstone Net Lease currently has a consensus price target of $18.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.39%. Noah has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.89%. Given Broadstone Net Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Broadstone Net Lease is more favorable than Noah.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BNL or NOAH?

Noah received 240 more outperform votes than Broadstone Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave Noah an outperform vote while only 33.85% of users gave Broadstone Net Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Broadstone Net Lease	Outperform Votes 22 33.85%	Underperform Votes 43 66.15%
Noah	Outperform Votes 262 57.58%	Underperform Votes 193 42.42%

Which has more risk and volatility, BNL or NOAH?

Broadstone Net Lease has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noah has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BNL or NOAH a better dividend stock?

Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Noah pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Broadstone Net Lease pays out 152.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Noah 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. Noah is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BNL or NOAH more profitable?

Broadstone Net Lease has a net margin of 33.56% compared to Noah's net margin of 23.53%. Noah's return on equity of 6.43% beat Broadstone Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadstone Net Lease	33.56%	4.47%	2.71%
Noah	23.53%	6.43%	5.28%

Does the media refer more to BNL or NOAH?

In the previous week, Broadstone Net Lease had 1 more articles in the media than Noah. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Broadstone Net Lease and 9 mentions for Noah. Broadstone Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Noah's score of 0.24 indicating that Broadstone Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Broadstone Net Lease	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Noah	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BNL or NOAH?

89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Noah shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Noah shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BNL or NOAH?

Broadstone Net Lease has higher revenue and earnings than Noah. Noah is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadstone Net Lease, 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
Broadstone Net Lease	$424.67M	7.67	$155.48M	$0.76	22.72
Noah	$291.18M	2.87	$142.18M	$1.17	10.80

Summary

Broadstone Net Lease beats Noah on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.