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Safehold (SAFE) Competitors

$20.43
-0.26 (-1.26%)
(As of 05/20/2024 ET)

SAFE vs. ARI, VRE, LADR, RC, LTC, ELME, AAT, JBGS, TWO, and ROIC

Should you be buying Safehold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safehold include Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Veris Residential (VRE), Ladder Capital (LADR), Ready Capital (RC), LTC Properties (LTC), Elme Communities (ELME), American Assets Trust (AAT), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), and Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Safehold vs.

Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Safehold pays out -157.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -179.5% 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. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

70.4% of Safehold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Safehold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Safehold has a net margin of -7.87% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -28.20%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 5.88% beat Safehold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Safehold-7.87% 4.43% 1.55%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance -28.20%5.88%1.38%

In the previous week, Safehold had 6 more articles in the media than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Safehold and 1 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Safehold's score of 0.27 indicating that Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Safehold
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Safehold. Safehold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Safehold$352.58M4.14-$54.97M-$0.45-45.40
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$344.59M4.32$58.13M-$0.78-13.41

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance received 104 more outperform votes than Safehold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.86% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave Safehold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SafeholdOutperform Votes
215
55.27%
Underperform Votes
174
44.73%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes
319
58.86%
Underperform Votes
223
41.14%

Safehold currently has a consensus target price of $27.22, suggesting a potential upside of 33.25%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a consensus target price of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.81%. Given Safehold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Safehold
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

Safehold has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Safehold and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAFE vs. The Competition

MetricSafeholdReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.46B$6.59B$9.01B$18.01B
Dividend Yield3.42%6.74%435.61%3.43%
P/E Ratio-45.4035.1955.9924.75
Price / Sales4.146.323,522.8110.93
Price / Cash5.6215.0628.0615.96
Price / Book0.642.272.495.18
Net Income-$54.97M$151.40M$997.19M$974.43M
7 Day Performance0.34%-0.19%0.74%0.73%
1 Month Performance7.75%4.95%4.14%6.56%
1 Year Performance-23.94%4.83%18.49%23.64%

Safehold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
0.9664 of 5 stars
$10.26
+1.8%
$10.38
+1.2%
+3.7%$1.46B$344.59M-13.15N/APositive News
VRE
Veris Residential
0.9364 of 5 stars
$15.62
+0.3%
$17.00
+8.8%
-5.7%$1.45B$279.86M-15.62197Positive News
LADR
Ladder Capital
4.6588 of 5 stars
$11.29
+0.6%
$12.63
+11.9%
+18.0%$1.43B$271.90M14.8559Positive News
RC
Ready Capital
4.3629 of 5 stars
$8.87
+3.4%
$10.93
+23.3%
-20.0%$1.50B$945.81M5.51374
LTC
LTC Properties
1.9027 of 5 stars
$34.62
+1.1%
$33.40
-3.5%
+6.7%$1.50B$197.24M18.0323Positive News
ELME
Elme Communities
1.1231 of 5 stars
$15.93
+1.1%
$16.67
+4.7%
+1.3%$1.40B$227.91M-26.11243Positive News
AAT
American Assets Trust
1.3629 of 5 stars
$22.60
+1.5%
$22.00
-2.7%
+16.9%$1.38B$441.16M25.39228Negative News
JBGS
JBG SMITH Properties
2.1662 of 5 stars
$14.85
+1.7%
$14.50
-2.4%
-4.3%$1.36B$596.42M-10.68844Positive News
TWO
Two Harbors Investment
3.574 of 5 stars
$12.95
+1.4%
$14.57
+12.5%
+4.6%$1.34B$480.36M7.28466Insider Selling
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ROIC
Retail Opportunity Investments
3.4838 of 5 stars
$12.50
+0.2%
$14.75
+18.0%
+0.9%$1.59B$327.73M41.6771Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SAFE) was last updated on 5/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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