Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) versus Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) Head to Head Analysis

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) and Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Sunrise Realty Trust and Annaly Capital Management, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise Realty Trust	0	0	1	0	3.00
Annaly Capital Management	0	1	8	0	2.89

Sunrise Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.82%. Annaly Capital Management has a consensus price target of $21.63, suggesting a potential upside of 9.00%. Given Sunrise Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sunrise Realty Trust is more favorable than Annaly Capital Management.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and Annaly Capital Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise Realty Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Annaly Capital Management	2.59%	14.75%	1.57%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Sunrise Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and Annaly Capital Management”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise Realty Trust	$250,000.00	388.63	$230,000.00	N/A	N/A
Annaly Capital Management	$3.73 billion	2.98	-$1.64 billion	($0.07)	-283.43

Sunrise Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Annaly Capital Management.

Dividends

Sunrise Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Annaly Capital Management pays out -3,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Annaly Capital Management beats Sunrise Realty Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Annaly Capital Management

Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a diversified capital manager, engages in mortgage finance. The company invests in agency mortgage-backed securities collateralized by residential mortgages; non-agency residential whole loans and securitized products within the residential and commercial markets; mortgage servicing rights; agency commercial mortgage-backed securities; to-be-announced forward contracts; residential mortgage loans; and agency or private label credit risk transfer securities. It has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT). As a REIT, it is not subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in New York, New York.