NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT) Competitors

NexPoint Residential Trust (NYSE:NXRT) and PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NXRT or PJT?

PJT Partners received 52 more outperform votes than NexPoint Residential Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.81% of users gave PJT Partners an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave NexPoint Residential Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NexPoint Residential Trust	Outperform Votes 203 57.67%	Underperform Votes 149 42.33%
PJT Partners	Outperform Votes 255 62.81%	Underperform Votes 151 37.19%

Do analysts prefer NXRT or PJT?

NexPoint Residential Trust presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.03%. PJT Partners has a consensus target price of $152.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. Given NexPoint Residential Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NexPoint Residential Trust is more favorable than PJT Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexPoint Residential Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
PJT Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NXRT or PJT?

76.6% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of PJT Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of PJT Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to NXRT or PJT?

In the previous week, PJT Partners had 11 more articles in the media than NexPoint Residential Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for PJT Partners and 6 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat PJT Partners' score of -0.30 indicating that NexPoint Residential Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NexPoint Residential Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PJT Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NXRT or PJT a better dividend stock?

NexPoint Residential Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. PJT Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NexPoint Residential Trust pays out 116.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PJT Partners pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is NXRT or PJT more profitable?

NexPoint Residential Trust has a net margin of 17.54% compared to PJT Partners' net margin of 8.03%. PJT Partners' return on equity of 18.79% beat NexPoint Residential Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexPoint Residential Trust	17.54%	9.54%	2.29%
PJT Partners	8.03%	18.79%	11.24%

Which has more risk and volatility, NXRT or PJT?

NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PJT Partners has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NXRT or PJT?

PJT Partners has higher revenue and earnings than NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PJT Partners, 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
NexPoint Residential Trust	$264.80M	3.76	$44.26M	$1.75	22.39
PJT Partners	$1.15B	3.27	$145.68M	$3.94	40.37

Summary

PJT Partners beats NexPoint Residential Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.