NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NREF) Competitors $14.70 -0.21 (-1.41%) As of 12:19 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NREF vs. CSR, AAMI, NXRT, SBR, PGRE, GETY, KREF, PLYM, AC, and ORCShould you be buying NexPoint Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexPoint Real Estate Finance include Centerspace (CSR), Acadian Asset Management (AAMI), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), Paramount Group (PGRE), Getty Images (GETY), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Associated Capital Group (AC), and Orchid Island Capital (ORC). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. NexPoint Real Estate Finance vs. Centerspace Acadian Asset Management NexPoint Residential Trust Sabine Royalty Trust Paramount Group Getty Images KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Plymouth Industrial REIT Associated Capital Group Orchid Island Capital Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) and NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NYSE:NREF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability. Do analysts recommend CSR or NREF? Centerspace presently has a consensus target price of $73.63, indicating a potential upside of 17.50%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.04%. Given Centerspace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Centerspace is more favorable than NexPoint Real Estate Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Centerspace 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.38NexPoint Real Estate Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the media refer more to CSR or NREF? In the previous week, Centerspace had 4 more articles in the media than NexPoint Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Centerspace and 1 mentions for NexPoint Real Estate Finance. NexPoint Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Centerspace's score of 0.66 indicating that NexPoint Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Centerspace 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive NexPoint Real Estate Finance 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders & institutionals believe in CSR or NREF? 79.0% of Centerspace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of NexPoint Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Centerspace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.0% of NexPoint Real Estate Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSR or NREF? Centerspace received 13 more outperform votes than NexPoint Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.50% of users gave NexPoint Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 43.04% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCenterspaceOutperform Votes3443.04% Underperform Votes4556.96% NexPoint Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes2152.50% Underperform Votes1947.50% Which has better earnings & valuation, CSR or NREF? Centerspace has higher revenue and earnings than NexPoint Real Estate Finance. Centerspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexPoint Real Estate Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCenterspace$260.98M4.02$41.97M-$1.27-49.34NexPoint Real Estate Finance$43.45M5.91$13.98M$0.7419.86 Is CSR or NREF a better dividend stock? Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Centerspace pays out -242.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NexPoint Real Estate Finance pays out 270.3% 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 more risk and volatility, CSR or NREF? Centerspace has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is CSR or NREF more profitable? NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Centerspace's net margin of -4.34%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 11.39% beat Centerspace's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Centerspace-4.34% -1.34% -0.60% NexPoint Real Estate Finance N/A 11.39%0.58% SummaryNexPoint Real Estate Finance beats Centerspace on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get NexPoint Real Estate Finance News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NREF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NREF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNexPoint Real Estate FinanceReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$256.68M$6.97B$11.15B$19.07BDividend Yield12.94%6.72%5.41%3.78%P/E Ratio14.0060.6722.2131.79Price / Sales5.916.7925.4025.62Price / Cash7.3017.3217.6217.54Price / Book0.731.692.644.40Net Income$13.98M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-4.77%-2.33%-2.58%-4.48%1 Month Performance-11.45%-5.20%493.52%-4.88%1 Year Performance12.39%6.16%534.72%0.51% NexPoint Real Estate Finance Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NREFNexPoint Real Estate Finance3.4726 of 5 stars$14.70-1.4%$15.00+2.0%+14.2%$256.68M$43.45M14.001News CoverageGap DownCSRCenterspace2.0853 of 5 stars$64.71+1.5%$73.63+13.8%+16.4%$1.08B$260.98M-50.95470Gap DownAAMIAcadian Asset Management2.0458 of 5 stars$26.58+4.1%$27.00+1.6%N/A$996.54M$505.60M11.87350NXRTNexPoint Residential Trust3.6857 of 5 stars$38.96+3.0%$46.33+18.9%+33.0%$992.10M$259.70M22.263SBRSabine Royalty Trust2.2783 of 5 stars$66.95+1.0%N/A+3.3%$975.99M$82.57M10.322,020Positive NewsGap DownPGREParamount Group2.9657 of 5 stars$4.22+1.6%$4.33+2.8%-0.2%$916.88M$757.45M-4.30330Positive NewsGETYGetty Images3.8468 of 5 stars$2.19-0.2%$4.60+110.5%-57.8%$901.46M$939.29M18.211,700Gap DownKREFKKR Real Estate Finance Trust4.1264 of 5 stars$11.40+0.1%$12.46+9.3%+8.7%$783.00M$155.17M63.31N/AEx-DividendNews CoveragePositive NewsPLYMPlymouth Industrial REIT3.7144 of 5 stars$17.09+0.5%$22.00+28.7%-23.9%$778.47M$198.36M854.5040Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastACAssociated Capital Group2.5547 of 5 stars$36.20+1.1%N/A+14.8%$768.78M$13.18M17.4920ORCOrchid Island Capital4.6617 of 5 stars$8.23+0.2%$9.50+15.5%-17.0%$767.34M$54.41M13.712,018Ex-Dividend Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Centerspace Competitors Acadian Asset Management Competitors NexPoint Residential Trust Competitors Sabine Royalty Trust Competitors Paramount Group Competitors Getty Images Competitors KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Competitors Plymouth Industrial REIT Competitors Associated Capital Group Competitors Orchid Island Capital Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:NREF) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Allies Confirm Exec Order 14024 Triggers Dollar CollapseExecutive Order 14024 is paving the way for irreversible damage to the dollar's value—threatening your wealth,...Priority Gold | Sponsored“Fed Proof” Your Bank Account with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredAmerica’s Retirement Accounts Are at Risk—Here’s WhyWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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