LADR vs. ARI, JBGS, ELME, VRE, TWO, SAFE, AAT, LTC, RC, and ESRT
Should you be buying Ladder Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ladder Capital include Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Elme Communities (ELME), Veris Residential (VRE), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Safehold (SAFE), American Assets Trust (AAT), LTC Properties (LTC), Ready Capital (RC), and Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 17 more articles in the media than Ladder Capital. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and 2 mentions for Ladder Capital. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ladder Capital's score of 0.08 indicating that Ladder Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ladder Capital has a net margin of 18.10% compared to Ladder Capital's net margin of -28.20%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 9.28% beat Ladder Capital's return on equity.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance received 23 more outperform votes than Ladder Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.38% of users gave Ladder Capital an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ladder Capital has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Ladder Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Ladder Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ladder Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ladder Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance presently has a consensus price target of $10.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.23%. Ladder Capital has a consensus price target of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 14.25%. Given Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ladder Capital is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Ladder Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -179.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ladder Capital pays out 121.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ladder Capital beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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