Contrasting Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) and Exp World (NASDAQ:AGNT)

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) and Exp World (NASDAQ:AGNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and Exp World’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise Realty Trust	54.82%	8.33%	5.28%
Exp World	-0.35%	-7.05%	-3.63%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.2% of Exp World shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.5% of Sunrise Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.6% of Exp World shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Sunrise Realty Trust and Exp World, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise Realty Trust	1	2	0	0	1.67
Exp World	2	1	1	1	2.20

Sunrise Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.99%. Exp World has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 63.47%. Given Exp World’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Exp World is more favorable than Sunrise Realty Trust.

Risk and Volatility

Sunrise Realty Trust has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exp World has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Sunrise Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Exp World pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Sunrise Realty Trust pays out 121.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exp World pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exp World has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and Exp World”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise Realty Trust	$21.57 million	5.33	$12.14 million	$0.99	8.60
Exp World	$4.77 billion	0.16	-$22.71 million	($0.10)	-46.90

Sunrise Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Exp World. Exp World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunrise Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Sunrise Realty Trust

Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. engages in commercial real estate (CRE) lending business. It focuses on originating CRE debt investments and providing capital to borrowers and sponsors with transitional business plans collateralized by CRE assets. The company intends to create a diversified investment portfolio, targeting investments in senior mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, whole loans, B-notes, CMBS, and debt-like preferred equity securities across CRE asset classes. Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 2023 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.

About Exp World

eXp World Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based real estate brokerage services for residential homeowners and homebuyers. The company operates through North American Realty, International Realty, Virbela, and Other Affiliated Services segments. It provides Virbela, a cloud-based technologies that provides data, lead generation, and marketing tools for real estate agents and employees. In addition, the company offers SUCCESS print magazine, SUCCESS.com portal, SUCCESS newsletters, SUCCESS podcasts, SUCCESS plus, SUCCESS speakers bureau, and SUCCESS coaching, podcasts, and digital training courses. It operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India, Mexico, Portugal, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Colombia, Spain, Israel, Panama, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Greece, New Zealand, Chile, and Poland. The company was formerly known as eXp Realty International Corporation and changed its name to eXp World Holdings, Inc. in May 2016. eXp World Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellingham, Washington.