Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT – Get Free Report) and Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and Claros Mortgage Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Claros Mortgage Trust | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 |
Claros Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $3.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.82%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation | -32.71% | N/A | -4.29% |
| Claros Mortgage Trust | -184.07% | -7.99% | -2.39% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and Claros Mortgage Trust”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation | $124.51 million | 0.04 | -$25.17 million | ($107.69) | -0.06 |
| Claros Mortgage Trust | $248.41 million | 1.92 | -$221.26 million | ($2.65) | -1.28 |
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Claros Mortgage Trust beats Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation
Creative Media & Community Trust Corp. is a real estate investment trust that seeks to own, operate, and develop premier multifamily and creative office assets in vibrant and emerging communities throughout the United States. It operates through the following segments: Office, Hotel, and Lending. The Office segment consists of the rental of office space and other tenant services, including tenant reimbursements, parking, and storage space rental. The Hotel segment involves the operation of hotel properties. The Lending segment focuses on loans to small businesses. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.
About Claros Mortgage Trust
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. It focuses on originating senior and subordinate loans on transitional commercial real estate assets in the United States. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust. As a result, it would not be subject to corporate income tax on that portion of its net income that is distributed to shareholders. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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