BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT – Get Free Report) is one of 57 public companies in the “Residential REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare BRT Apartments to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for BRT Apartments and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BRT Apartments | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| BRT Apartments Competitors | 618 | 3255 | 3369 | 147 | 2.41 |
BRT Apartments presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.96%. As a group, “Residential REITs” companies have a potential upside of 14.87%. Given BRT Apartments’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than its rivals.
Dividends
BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. BRT Apartments pays out -142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Residential REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.8% and pay out 219.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. BRT Apartments is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Volatility and Risk
BRT Apartments has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRT Apartments’ rivals have a beta of 0.69, indicating that their average share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares BRT Apartments and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BRT Apartments | $97.89 million | -$11.95 million | -18.56 |
| BRT Apartments Competitors | $774.95 million | $238.42 million | 37.15 |
BRT Apartments’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares BRT Apartments and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BRT Apartments | -13.22% | -7.46% | -1.84% |
| BRT Apartments Competitors | 8.75% | 2.00% | 2.16% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of shares of all “Residential REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of shares of all “Residential REITs” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BRT Apartments rivals beat BRT Apartments on 9 of the 15 factors compared.
BRT Apartments Company Profile
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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