RMR vs. AMTB, CNOB, MYI, RDFN, DCOM, ABL, AMAL, PFC, FIP, and FMBH
Should you be buying The RMR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The RMR Group include Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Redfin (RDFN), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Abacus Life (ABL), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Premier Financial (PFC), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), and First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) and Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
The RMR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Amerant Bancorp. The RMR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amerant Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The RMR Group had 7 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for The RMR Group and 6 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat The RMR Group's score of 0.05 indicating that Amerant Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The RMR Group presently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.68%. Amerant Bancorp has a consensus price target of $25.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.62%. Given The RMR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe The RMR Group is more favorable than Amerant Bancorp.
The RMR Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The RMR Group received 292 more outperform votes than Amerant Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.31% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Amerant Bancorp an outperform vote.
The RMR Group has a net margin of 5.93% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of 5.11%. The RMR Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.
42.3% of The RMR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The RMR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. The RMR Group pays out 52.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amerant Bancorp pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The RMR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
The RMR Group beats Amerant Bancorp on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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