CSR vs. FBRT, PGRE, CIM, SVC, MFA, UMH, PLYM, UNIT, ALX, and ARR
Should you be buying Centerspace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerspace include Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Paramount Group (PGRE), Chimera Investment (CIM), Service Properties Trust (SVC), MFA Financial (MFA), UMH Properties (UMH), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Uniti Group (UNIT), Alexander's (ALX), and ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) and Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Centerspace received 15 more outperform votes than Franklin BSP Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave Franklin BSP Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 39.71% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Centerspace had 3 more articles in the media than Franklin BSP Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Centerspace and 1 mentions for Franklin BSP Realty Trust. Centerspace's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Franklin BSP Realty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Centerspace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Centerspace pays out -375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays out 107.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Centerspace. Centerspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin BSP Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Centerspace has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centerspace currently has a consensus price target of $66.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.97%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.08%. Given Franklin BSP Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than Centerspace.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a net margin of 53.82% compared to Centerspace's net margin of -2.38%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.32% beat Centerspace's return on equity.
79.0% of Centerspace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Centerspace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats Centerspace on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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