KW vs. CMTG, EFC, AHH, GTY, FOR, HPP, FRPH, SRG, TRC, and FPH
Should you be buying Kennedy-Wilson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennedy-Wilson include Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Getty Realty (GTY), Forestar Group (FOR), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), FRP (FRPH), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Tejon Ranch (TRC), and Five Point (FPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Kennedy-Wilson pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out 5,002.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kennedy-Wilson pays out -39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Claros Mortgage Trust had 8 more articles in the media than Kennedy-Wilson. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust and 1 mentions for Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Claros Mortgage Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Claros Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Claros Mortgage Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Claros Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a net margin of 1.97% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of -55.65%. Kennedy-Wilson's return on equity of 2.01% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Claros Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.47%. Kennedy-Wilson has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.94%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kennedy-Wilson is more favorable than Claros Mortgage Trust.
Kennedy-Wilson received 389 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.77% of users gave Kennedy-Wilson an outperform vote while only 17.86% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Claros Mortgage Trust beats Kennedy-Wilson on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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