NREF vs. PGRE, CIM, ARR, PLYM, NXRT, SVC, BFS, RWT, BDN, and DX
Should you be buying NexPoint Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexPoint Real Estate Finance include Paramount Group (PGRE), Chimera Investment (CIM), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Saul Centers (BFS), Redwood Trust (RWT), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), and Dynex Capital (DX). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) and NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NYSE:NREF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, NexPoint Real Estate Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Paramount Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NexPoint Real Estate Finance and 2 mentions for Paramount Group. NexPoint Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Paramount Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Paramount Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paramount Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Paramount Group pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NexPoint Real Estate Finance pays out -363.6% 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. NexPoint Real Estate Finance has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. NexPoint Real Estate Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 23.44% compared to NexPoint Real Estate Finance's net margin of -33.85%. Paramount Group's return on equity of 3.78% beat NexPoint Real Estate Finance's return on equity.
Paramount Group received 197 more outperform votes than NexPoint Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave NexPoint Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 48.02% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.
NexPoint Real Estate Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Group. NexPoint Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.6% of Paramount Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of NexPoint Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Paramount Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.0% of NexPoint Real Estate Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Paramount Group presently has a consensus price target of $4.60, indicating a potential upside of 1.10%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.00%. Given Paramount Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NexPoint Real Estate Finance is more favorable than Paramount Group.
Summary
NexPoint Real Estate Finance beats Paramount Group on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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