KREF vs. ABR, LXP, OUT, DEI, FCPT, EQC, AHR, DRH, CXW, and AKR
Should you be buying KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), CoreCivic (CXW), and Acadia Realty Trust (AKR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 26.05% compared to Arbor Realty Trust's net margin of -1.39%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's return on equity of 17.04% beat Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity.
Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 106.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays out -217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbor Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Arbor Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arbor Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $14.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a consensus price target of $11.82, indicating a potential upside of 24.96%. Given Arbor Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is more favorable than Arbor Realty Trust.
Arbor Realty Trust received 36 more outperform votes than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Arbor Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave KKR Real Estate Finance Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Arbor Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust and 1 mentions for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's score of 0.59 indicating that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Arbor Realty Trust beats KKR Real Estate Finance Trust on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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