Head to Head Comparison: Exp World (NASDAQ:AGNT) and Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS)

Exp World (NASDAQ:AGNT) and Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.2% of Exp World shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Exp World shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Sunrise Realty Trust shares are held 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.

Risk & Volatility

Exp World has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunrise Realty Trust has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Exp World pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sunrise Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Exp World pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sunrise Realty Trust pays out 121.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exp World has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Exp World and Sunrise Realty Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exp World	2	1	1	1	2.20
Sunrise Realty Trust	1	2	0	0	1.67

Exp World currently has a consensus target price of $7.67, suggesting a potential upside of 61.40%. Sunrise Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.21%. Given Exp World’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Exp World is more favorable than Sunrise Realty Trust.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Exp World and Sunrise Realty Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exp World	$4.77 billion	0.16	-$22.71 million	($0.10)	-47.50
Sunrise Realty Trust	$21.57 million	5.29	$12.14 million	$0.99	8.53

Sunrise Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Exp World. Exp World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunrise Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Exp World and Sunrise Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exp World	-0.35%	-7.05%	-3.63%
Sunrise Realty Trust	54.82%	8.33%	5.28%

About Exp World

eXp World Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based real estate brokerage services for residential homeowners and homebuyers. The company operates through North American Realty, International Realty, Virbela, and Other Affiliated Services segments. It provides Virbela, a cloud-based technologies that provides data, lead generation, and marketing tools for real estate agents and employees. In addition, the company offers SUCCESS print magazine, SUCCESS.com portal, SUCCESS newsletters, SUCCESS podcasts, SUCCESS plus, SUCCESS speakers bureau, and SUCCESS coaching, podcasts, and digital training courses. It operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India, Mexico, Portugal, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Colombia, Spain, Israel, Panama, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Greece, New Zealand, Chile, and Poland. The company was formerly known as eXp Realty International Corporation and changed its name to eXp World Holdings, Inc. in May 2016. eXp World Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellingham, Washington.

About Sunrise Realty Trust

Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. engages in commercial real estate (CRE) lending business. It focuses on originating CRE debt investments and providing capital to borrowers and sponsors with transitional business plans collateralized by CRE assets. The company intends to create a diversified investment portfolio, targeting investments in senior mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, whole loans, B-notes, CMBS, and debt-like preferred equity securities across CRE asset classes. Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 2023 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.