CLPR vs. LOAN, CMCT, SELF, AHT, AJX, CHMI, ACR, SOHO, GIPR, and LFT
Should you be buying Clipper Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clipper Realty include Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Great Ajax (AJX), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), Generation Income Properties (GIPR), and Lument Finance Trust (LFT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Clipper Realty (NYSE:CLPR) and Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
37.6% of Clipper Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 52.3% of Clipper Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clipper Realty. Clipper Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Bridge Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 57.10% compared to Clipper Realty's net margin of -4.27%. Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity of 13.26% beat Clipper Realty's return on equity.
Clipper Realty presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 131.71%. Given Clipper Realty's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Clipper Realty is more favorable than Manhattan Bridge Capital.
Clipper Realty received 70 more outperform votes than Manhattan Bridge Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Manhattan Bridge Capital an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave Clipper Realty an outperform vote.
Clipper Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Clipper Realty pays out -84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays out 92.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Clipper Realty has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Clipper Realty had 2 more articles in the media than Manhattan Bridge Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Clipper Realty and 3 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital. Clipper Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Manhattan Bridge Capital's score of -0.21 indicating that Clipper Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Clipper Realty beats Manhattan Bridge Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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