Exantas Capital (XAN) Competitors

InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) and Exantas Capital (NYSE:XAN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Is IVT or XAN more profitable?

InvenTrust Properties has a net margin of 4.99% compared to Exantas Capital's net margin of -347.93%. Exantas Capital's return on equity of 8.10% beat InvenTrust Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InvenTrust Properties	4.99%	0.83%	0.54%
Exantas Capital	-347.93%	8.10%	1.61%

Do analysts recommend IVT or XAN?

InvenTrust Properties presently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Given InvenTrust Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe InvenTrust Properties is more favorable than Exantas Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InvenTrust Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Exantas Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor IVT or XAN?

In the previous week, InvenTrust Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Exantas Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for InvenTrust Properties and 0 mentions for Exantas Capital. InvenTrust Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Exantas Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that InvenTrust Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
InvenTrust Properties	Very Positive
Exantas Capital	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IVT or XAN?

Exantas Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than InvenTrust Properties. Exantas Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InvenTrust Properties, 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
InvenTrust Properties	$273.97M	7.80	$13.66M	$0.18	153.33
Exantas Capital	$61.15M	9.33	$35.97M	$1.00	17.78

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IVT or XAN?

Exantas Capital received 52 more outperform votes than InvenTrust Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 38.89% of users gave InvenTrust Properties an outperform vote while only 24.89% of users gave Exantas Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
InvenTrust Properties	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%
Exantas Capital	Outperform Votes 59 24.89%	Underperform Votes 178 75.11%

Which has more volatility and risk, IVT or XAN?

InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exantas Capital has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IVT or XAN a better dividend stock?

InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Exantas Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.6%. InvenTrust Properties pays out 527.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exantas Capital pays out 330.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exantas Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IVT or XAN?

61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Exantas Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Exantas Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

InvenTrust Properties and Exantas Capital tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.