LOAN vs. SELF, AHT, PEI, PINE, ONL, FSP, MITT, CIO, BHR, and GPMT
Should you be buying Manhattan Bridge Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manhattan Bridge Capital include Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI), Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE), Orion Office REIT (ONL), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), City Office REIT (CIO), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), and Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF) and Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ:LOAN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Global Self Storage pays out 152.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manhattan Bridge Capital pays out 92.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Self Storage has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Manhattan Bridge Capital has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Manhattan Bridge Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Global Self Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Manhattan Bridge Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Global Self Storage had 7 more articles in the media than Manhattan Bridge Capital. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Global Self Storage and 3 mentions for Manhattan Bridge Capital. Manhattan Bridge Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Global Self Storage's score of 0.41 indicating that Global Self Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Bridge Capital has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has a net margin of 57.10% compared to Manhattan Bridge Capital's net margin of 18.15%. Global Self Storage's return on equity of 13.26% beat Manhattan Bridge Capital's return on equity.
Manhattan Bridge Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Self Storage. Manhattan Bridge Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Self Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manhattan Bridge Capital received 59 more outperform votes than Global Self Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.94% of users gave Manhattan Bridge Capital an outperform vote while only 68.28% of users gave Global Self Storage an outperform vote.
Summary
Manhattan Bridge Capital beats Global Self Storage on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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