NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NREF) Competitors $16.60 +0.15 (+0.91%) Closing price 03/3/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$16.58 -0.02 (-0.09%) As of 03/3/2025 04:38 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends NREF vs. CSR, SBR, NXRT, PGRE, AAMI, GETY, ORC, AC, BRSP, and SITCShould you be buying NexPoint Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexPoint Real Estate Finance include Centerspace (CSR), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), Paramount Group (PGRE), Acadian Asset Management (AAMI), Getty Images (GETY), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Associated Capital Group (AC), BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), and SITE Centers (SITC). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. NexPoint Real Estate Finance vs. Centerspace Sabine Royalty Trust NexPoint Residential Trust Paramount Group Acadian Asset Management Getty Images Orchid Island Capital Associated Capital Group BrightSpire Capital SITE Centers Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) and NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NYSE:NREF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations. Which has more risk & volatility, CSR or NREF? Centerspace has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. 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 43.59% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCenterspaceOutperform Votes3443.59% Underperform Votes4456.41% NexPoint Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes2152.50% Underperform Votes1947.50% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 54.0% of NexPoint Real Estate Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is CSR or NREF a better dividend stock? Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. 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 higher earnings and 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$260.98M4.23$41.97M-$1.27-51.93NexPoint Real Estate Finance$22.25M13.03$13.98M$0.7422.43 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% Do analysts recommend CSR or NREF? Centerspace presently has a consensus target price of $74.43, suggesting a potential upside of 12.86%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.64%. Given Centerspace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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) 4 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.43NexPoint 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 favor CSR or NREF? In the previous week, NexPoint Real Estate Finance had 12 more articles in the media than Centerspace. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for NexPoint Real Estate Finance and 6 mentions for Centerspace. Centerspace's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat NexPoint Real Estate Finance's score of 0.49 indicating that Centerspace is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Centerspace 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive NexPoint Real Estate Finance 1 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryNexPoint Real Estate Finance beats Centerspace on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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$289.85M$7.32B$11.38B$19.97BDividend Yield12.34%8.20%5.64%3.90%P/E Ratio15.8165.1624.6634.16Price / Sales13.036.8525.2930.29Price / Cash7.3017.3217.7017.60Price / Book0.821.782.554.70Net Income$13.98M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance2.31%0.57%-0.25%-2.17%1 Month Performance7.27%1.56%-0.86%-3.96%1 Year Performance14.40%9.42%14.34%8.19% NexPoint Real Estate Finance Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NREFNexPoint Real Estate Finance3.653 of 5 stars$16.60+0.9%$15.00-9.6%+11.9%$289.85M$22.25M15.811Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastCSRCenterspace3.0427 of 5 stars$64.48+0.6%$74.43+15.4%+17.8%$1.08B$260.98M-50.77470Positive NewsSBRSabine Royalty Trust2.1679 of 5 stars$68.97-0.2%N/A+5.7%$1.01B$97.23M10.632,020Earnings ReportPositive NewsNXRTNexPoint Residential Trust4.3055 of 5 stars$39.03+0.7%$49.00+25.6%+43.4%$991.39M$264.80M22.303Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradePGREParamount Group2.4951 of 5 stars$4.51-0.3%$4.50-0.1%-1.8%$979.92M$763.66M-4.60330Earnings ReportAAMIAcadian Asset Management2.0731 of 5 stars$24.95-3.0%$27.00+8.2%N/A$931.08M$505.60M11.14350GETYGetty Images3.8845 of 5 stars$2.21-5.4%$5.61+154.5%-56.8%$906.43M$916.55M18.381,700Short Interest ↓Gap UpORCOrchid Island Capital4.6345 of 5 stars$8.84-1.0%$9.50+7.5%-2.5%$824.25M$54.41M14.732,018Short Interest ↓ACAssociated Capital Group2.6313 of 5 stars$37.56-1.3%N/A+11.3%$797.66M$88.18M18.1420Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeBRSPBrightSpire Capital2.2042 of 5 stars$6.08+0.4%$7.45+22.6%-10.6%$787.81M$244.77M-5.7950Short Interest ↓SITCSITE Centers3.2279 of 5 stars$14.620.0%$35.75+144.6%-93.8%$766.26M$539.46M1.07270Earnings Report Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Centerspace Competitors Sabine Royalty Trust Competitors NexPoint Residential Trust Competitors Paramount Group Competitors Acadian Asset Management Competitors Getty Images Competitors Orchid Island Capital Competitors Associated Capital Group Competitors BrightSpire Capital Competitors SITE Centers Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:NREF) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowCrypto has officially entered the "banana zone" – that wild phase where prices can 1000x in days. 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