Reviewing Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT)

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Digital Realty Trust and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digital Realty Trust	1	5	15	2	2.78
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	0	0	0	0	0.00

Digital Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $190.74, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Given Digital Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Digital Realty Trust is more favorable than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation.

Profitability

This table compares Digital Realty Trust and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital Realty Trust	23.98%	6.46%	3.00%
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	-30.29%	N/A	-4.06%

Risk & Volatility

Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Digital Realty Trust and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Digital Realty Trust	$5.55 billion	10.53	$615.19 million	$3.81	45.00
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	$124.51 million	0.04	-$25.17 million	($389.17)	-0.02

Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digital Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming. The company was founded on March 9, 2004, and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

About Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation

Creative Media & Community Trust Corp. is a real estate investment trust that seeks to own, operate, and develop premier multifamily and creative office assets in vibrant and emerging communities throughout the United States. It operates through the following segments: Office, Hotel, and Lending. The Office segment consists of the rental of office space and other tenant services, including tenant reimbursements, parking, and storage space rental. The Hotel segment involves the operation of hotel properties. The Lending segment focuses on loans to small businesses. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.