Critical Contrast: Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG) & Its Rivals

Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) is one of 52 public companies in the “Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Claros Mortgage Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Claros Mortgage Trust and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Claros Mortgage Trust	$187.83 million	-$489.07 million	-0.47
Claros Mortgage Trust Competitors	$515.68 million	$157.00 million	19.65

Claros Mortgage Trust’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage 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.

Risk and Volatility

Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Claros Mortgage Trust’s rivals have a beta of 1.21, indicating that their average stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Claros Mortgage Trust and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Claros Mortgage Trust	3	1	0	0	1.25
Claros Mortgage Trust Competitors	686	1986	2136	136	2.35

Claros Mortgage Trust currently has a consensus target price of $2.08, indicating a potential upside of 20.70%. As a group, “Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)” companies have a potential upside of 44.74%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Claros Mortgage Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Claros Mortgage Trust	-371.29%	-20.86%	-7.06%
Claros Mortgage Trust Competitors	-13.10%	7.60%	1.04%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of shares of all “Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of shares of all “Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)” companies are owned 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.

Summary

Claros Mortgage Trust rivals beat Claros Mortgage Trust on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Claros Mortgage Trust Company Profile

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.