Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE – Get Rating) and Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Urban Edge Properties and Claros Mortgage Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Get Urban Edge Properties alerts:| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Urban Edge Properties | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Claros Mortgage Trust | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Urban Edge Properties currently has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.33%. Claros Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.25%. Given Urban Edge Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than Claros Mortgage Trust.
Profitability
This table compares Urban Edge Properties and Claros Mortgage Trust's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Urban Edge Properties | 21.07% | 8.82% | 3.10% |
| Claros Mortgage Trust | 62.58% | 6.98% | 2.30% |
Dividends
Urban Edge Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Urban Edge Properties pays out 82.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Urban Edge Properties has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Urban Edge Properties and Claros Mortgage Trust's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Urban Edge Properties | $425.08 million | 4.45 | $102.69 million | $0.78 | 20.64 |
| Claros Mortgage Trust | $247.01 million | 9.40 | $170.55 million | $1.18 | 14.09 |
Claros Mortgage Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Urban Edge Properties. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Edge Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
96.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Urban Edge Properties
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Urban Edge Properties is a NYSE listed real estate investment trust focused on managing, acquiring, developing, and redeveloping retail real estate in urban communities, primarily in the New York metropolitan region. Urban Edge owns 78 properties totaling 15.1 million square feet of gross leasable area.
About Claros Mortgage Trust
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Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that focuses primarily on originating senior and subordinate loans on transitional commercial real estate assets located in principal markets across the United States. The company is qualified as a real estate investment trust (REIT) under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, its net income would be exempt from federal taxation to the extent that it is distributed as dividends to shareholders. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.
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