JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS – Get Free Report) and BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for JBG SMITH Properties and BRT Apartments, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
JBG SMITH Properties | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
BRT Apartments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Dividends
JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BRT Apartments pays out -188.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares JBG SMITH Properties and BRT Apartments”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
JBG SMITH Properties | $604.20 million | 2.15 | -$79.98 million | ($1.30) | -11.82 |
BRT Apartments | $93.62 million | 3.46 | $3.87 million | ($0.53) | -32.49 |
BRT Apartments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JBG SMITH Properties. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JBG SMITH Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares JBG SMITH Properties and BRT Apartments’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
JBG SMITH Properties | -20.60% | -5.56% | -2.17% |
BRT Apartments | -9.94% | -4.33% | -1.34% |
Risk & Volatility
JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BRT Apartments beats JBG SMITH Properties on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About JBG SMITH Properties
JBG SMITH owns, operates, invests in, and develops mixed-use properties in high growth and high barrier-to-entry submarkets in and around Washington, DC, most notably National Landing. Through an intense focus on placemaking, JBG SMITH cultivates vibrant, amenity-rich, walkable neighborhoods throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Approximately 75.0% of JBG SMITH's holdings are in the National Landing submarket in Northern Virginia, which is anchored by four key demand drivers: Amazon's new headquarters; Virginia Tech's under-construction $1 billion Innovation Campus; the submarket's proximity to the Pentagon; and JBG SMITH's deployment of 5G digital infrastructure. JBG SMITH's dynamic portfolio currently comprises 14.2 million square feet of high-growth office, multifamily, and retail assets at share, 99% of which are Metro-served. It also maintains a development pipeline encompassing 8.8 million square feet of mixed-use, primarily multifamily, development opportunities. JBG SMITH is committed to the operation and development of green, smart, and healthy buildings and plans to maintain carbon neutral operations annually.
About BRT Apartments
BRT Apartments Corp. is a real estate investment trust. It engages in the ownership, operation, and holding interests in joint ventures that own and operate multi-family properties. The company was founded in June 1972 and is headquartered in Great Neck, NY.
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