Head-To-Head Review: Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) & ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR)

ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR) and Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ACRES Commercial Realty and Crown Castle”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ACRES Commercial Realty	$93.14 million	1.35	$22.39 million	$0.84	19.38
Crown Castle	$6.59 billion	5.97	$1.50 billion	$2.82	32.11

Crown Castle has higher revenue and earnings than ACRES Commercial Realty. ACRES Commercial Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Castle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

ACRES Commercial Realty has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Castle has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for ACRES Commercial Realty and Crown Castle, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ACRES Commercial Realty	0	0	1	0	3.00
Crown Castle	1	10	3	0	2.14

ACRES Commercial Realty presently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.49%. Crown Castle has a consensus target price of $117.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.20%. Given Crown Castle’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crown Castle is more favorable than ACRES Commercial Realty.

Profitability

This table compares ACRES Commercial Realty and Crown Castle’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACRES Commercial Realty	25.71%	5.43%	1.15%
Crown Castle	18.59%	20.98%	3.20%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

40.0% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Crown Castle shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Crown Castle shares are held by 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

Crown Castle beats ACRES Commercial Realty on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ACRES Commercial Realty

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust (REIT), focuses on the origination, holding, and management of commercial real estate mortgage loans and equity investments in commercial real estate property in the United States. It invests in commercial real estate-related assets, including floating-rate first mortgage loans, first priority interests in first mortgage loans, subordinated interests in first mortgage loans, mezzanine financing, preferred equity investments, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was formerly known as Exantas Capital Corp. and changed its name to ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. in February 2021. ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Uniondale, New York.

About Crown Castle

Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them.