AHH vs. EFC, HPP, KW, CMTG, FRPH, SRG, TRC, FPH, GTY, and MLP
Should you be buying Armada Hoffler Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armada Hoffler Properties include Ellington Financial (EFC), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), FRP (FRPH), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Five Point (FPH), Getty Realty (GTY), and Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Ellington Financial pays out 173.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out -1,639.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armada Hoffler Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Ellington Financial currently has a consensus price target of $13.95, indicating a potential upside of 19.13%. Given Armada Hoffler Properties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Armada Hoffler Properties. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ellington Financial and 2 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.10 indicating that Armada Hoffler Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Armada Hoffler Properties. Armada Hoffler Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 78.53% compared to Ellington Financial's net margin of 1.12%. Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity of 11.36% beat Ellington Financial's return on equity.
55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Armada Hoffler Properties received 111 more outperform votes than Ellington Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 56.97% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Armada Hoffler Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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