Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (CMCT) & Its Rivals Critical Analysis

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT) is one of 59 publicly-traded companies in the “Office REITs” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	1	1	0	0	1.50
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation Competitors	946	2833	2691	25	2.28

As a group, “Office REITs” companies have a potential upside of 3.46%. Given Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	$116.67 million	-$39.00 million	-0.00
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation Competitors	$530.66 million	-$49.56 million	14.98

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation’s competitors have a beta of 1.02, indicating that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	-36.99%	-60.85%	-5.09%
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation Competitors	-16.89%	-7.44%	-0.13%

Summary

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation competitors beat Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation Company Profile

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.