BRSP vs. BDN, DX, RWT, BFS, NXRT, TRTX, CHCT, INN, ARR, and KREF
Should you be buying BrightSpire Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightSpire Capital include Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Dynex Capital (DX), Redwood Trust (RWT), Saul Centers (BFS), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) and BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, BrightSpire Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BrightSpire Capital and 4 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. BrightSpire Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of -0.55 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brandywine Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. BrightSpire Capital has a consensus target price of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.41%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Brandywine Realty Trust.
BrightSpire Capital has a net margin of -33.20% compared to BrightSpire Capital's net margin of -40.61%. Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity of 9.36% beat BrightSpire Capital's return on equity.
87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Brandywine Realty Trust received 361 more outperform votes than BrightSpire Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.61% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote.
BrightSpire Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brandywine Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BrightSpire Capital pays out -145.5% 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. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
BrightSpire Capital beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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