Brookfield (NYSE:BN – Get Free Report) and American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Risk & Volatility
Brookfield has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Strategic Investment has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of American Strategic Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Brookfield | 1.74% | 3.90% | 1.22% |
| American Strategic Investment | -40.92% | -97.07% | -13.64% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Brookfield and American Strategic Investment”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Brookfield | $75.10 billion | 1.28 | $1.31 billion | $0.49 | 80.00 |
| American Strategic Investment | $61.57 million | 0.36 | -$140.59 million | ($8.78) | -0.94 |
Brookfield has higher revenue and earnings than American Strategic Investment. American Strategic Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Brookfield and American Strategic Investment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Brookfield | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2.92 |
| American Strategic Investment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Brookfield presently has a consensus target price of $54.59, indicating a potential upside of 39.26%. Given Brookfield’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than American Strategic Investment.
Summary
Brookfield beats American Strategic Investment on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Brookfield
Brookfield Corporation is an alternative asset manager and REIT/Real Estate Investment Manager firm focuses on real estate, renewable power, infrastructure and venture capital and private equity assets. It manages a range of public and private investment products and services for institutional and retail clients. It typically makes investments in sizeable, premier assets across geographies and asset classes. It invests both its own capital as well as capital from other investors. Within private equity and venture capital, it focuses on acquisition, early ventures, control buyouts and financially distressed, buyouts and corporate carve-outs, recapitalizations, convertible, senior and mezzanine financings, operational and capital structure restructuring, strategic re-direction, turnaround, and under-performing midmarket companies. It invests in both public debt and equity markets. It invests in private equity sectors with focus on Business Services include infrastructure, healthcare, road fuel distribution and marketing, construction and real estate; Industrials include manufacturers of automotive batteries, graphite electrodes, returnable plastic packaging, and sanitation management and development; and Residential/ infrastructure services. It targets companies which likely possess underlying real assets, primarily in sectors such as industrial products, building materials, metals, mining, homebuilding, oil and gas, paper and packaging, manufacturing and forest product sectors. It invests globally with focus on North America including Brazil, the United States, Canada; Europe; and Australia; and Asia-Pacific. The firm considers equity investments in the range of $2 million to $500 million. It has a four-year investment period and a 10-year term with two one-year extensions. The firm prefers to take minority stake and majority stake. Brookfield Corporation was founded in 1997 and based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices across Northern America; South America; Europe; Middle East and Asia.
About American Strategic Investment
American Strategic Investment Co. (NYSE: NYC) owns a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City.
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