AFCG vs. RM, MRLN, SWKH, AOMR, QD, EFC, CMTG, AHH, HPP, and FRPH
Should you be buying AFC Gamma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AFC Gamma include Regional Management (RM), Marlin Business Services (MRLN), SWK (SWKH), Angel Oak Mortgage REIT (AOMR), Qudian (QD), Ellington Financial (EFC), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and FRP (FRPH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Regional Management (NYSE:RM) and AFC Gamma (NASDAQ:AFCG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Regional Management pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. AFC Gamma pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%. Regional Management pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AFC Gamma pays out 369.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AFC Gamma has a net margin of 16.27% compared to AFC Gamma's net margin of 4.01%. Regional Management's return on equity of 11.77% beat AFC Gamma's return on equity.
98.9% of Regional Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of AFC Gamma shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Regional Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of AFC Gamma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Regional Management received 283 more outperform votes than AFC Gamma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.40% of users gave Regional Management an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave AFC Gamma an outperform vote.
AFC Gamma has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Regional Management. Regional Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AFC Gamma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AFC Gamma had 5 more articles in the media than Regional Management. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AFC Gamma and 3 mentions for Regional Management. AFC Gamma's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Regional Management's score of 0.19 indicating that Regional Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regional Management currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.45%. AFC Gamma has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.89%. Given AFC Gamma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Regional Management is more favorable than AFC Gamma.
Regional Management has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Gamma has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Regional Management beats AFC Gamma on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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