Financial Survey: Rithm Property Trust (RPT) versus Its Competitors

Rithm Property Trust (NYSE:RPT) is one of 27 publicly-traded companies in the “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Rithm Property Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Rithm Property Trust and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rithm Property Trust	5.52%	1.27%	0.31%
Rithm Property Trust Competitors	-197.59%	-33.09%	-5.54%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Rithm Property Trust and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rithm Property Trust	1	0	0	0	1.00
Rithm Property Trust Competitors	91	692	167	1	2.08

As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 20.75%. Given Rithm Property Trust’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rithm Property Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.6% of Rithm Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Rithm Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Rithm Property Trust has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rithm Property Trust’s rivals have a beta of 1.21, suggesting that their average stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rithm Property Trust and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rithm Property Trust	$52.80 million	$1.47 million	-50.90
Rithm Property Trust Competitors	$150.57 million	-$39.82 million	-2.24

Rithm Property Trust’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Rithm Property Trust. Rithm Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Rithm Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Rithm Property Trust pays out -496.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies pay a dividend yield of 7.0% and pay out 247.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Rithm Property Trust is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Rithm Property Trust beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Rithm Property Trust

Rithm Property Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust (REIT) externally managed by an affiliate of Rithm Capital Corp. (Rithm). The company focuses on commercial real estate-focused investment, including originating, acquiring and managing portfolios of CMBS, commercial real property, commercial mortgage loans and other CRE investments. It has two reportable operating segments: Residential and Commercial. The majority of the company’s revenue is derived from the Residential segment, which is focused on managing a portfolio that includes residential mortgage assets, including whole mortgage loans, RMBS and beneficial interests.