Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI) Competitors

Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) and Real Estate Credit Investments (LON:RECI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MTE or RECI?

21.3% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MTE or RECI?

Real Estate Credit Investments received 58 more outperform votes than Montanaro European Smaller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.67% of users gave Real Estate Credit Investments an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Montanaro European Smaller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montanaro European Smaller	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%
Real Estate Credit Investments	Outperform Votes 109 72.67%	Underperform Votes 41 27.33%

Do analysts rate MTE or RECI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montanaro European Smaller	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Real Estate Credit Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor MTE or RECI?

In the previous week, Real Estate Credit Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Montanaro European Smaller. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Real Estate Credit Investments and 0 mentions for Montanaro European Smaller. Real Estate Credit Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Montanaro European Smaller's score of -1.17 indicating that Montanaro European Smaller is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro European Smaller	Neutral
Real Estate Credit Investments	Negative

Which has more risk and volatility, MTE or RECI?

Montanaro European Smaller has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Real Estate Credit Investments has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTE or RECI a better dividend stock?

Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Real Estate Credit Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Montanaro European Smaller pays out 555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Real Estate Credit Investments pays out 10,909.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is MTE or RECI more profitable?

Montanaro European Smaller has a net margin of 88.47% compared to Montanaro European Smaller's net margin of 70.84%. Real Estate Credit Investments' return on equity of 11.67% beat Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro European Smaller	88.47%	11.67%	7.15%
Real Estate Credit Investments	70.84%	7.61%	4.38%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MTE or RECI?

Montanaro European Smaller has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Real Estate Credit Investments. Montanaro European Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Real Estate Credit Investments, 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
Montanaro European Smaller	£32.81M	7.94	£29.02M	£0.18	763.89
Real Estate Credit Investments	£36.48M	7.29	£25.84M	£0.11	1,072.73

Summary

Montanaro European Smaller beats Real Estate Credit Investments on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.