Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG) and The Competition Head-To-Head Contrast

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 peers? We will compare Claros Mortgage Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Claros Mortgage Trust and its peers gross 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 peers have higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Claros Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Claros Mortgage Trust and its peers’ 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Claros Mortgage Trust and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 price target of $2.08, suggesting 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 peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Claros Mortgage Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Claros Mortgage Trust peers 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.