KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF – Get Free Report) and Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Volatility and Risk
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares KKR Real Estate Finance Trust and Global Self Storage”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| KKR Real Estate Finance Trust | $155.17 million | 4.96 | $35.59 million | $0.18 | 62.19 |
| Global Self Storage | $12.32 million | 4.65 | $2.94 million | $0.27 | 18.81 |
Profitability
This table compares KKR Real Estate Finance Trust and Global Self Storage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| KKR Real Estate Finance Trust | 6.30% | 8.53% | 1.75% |
| Global Self Storage | 25.47% | 6.55% | 4.73% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays out 555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Self Storage pays out 107.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust and Global Self Storage, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| KKR Real Estate Finance Trust | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Global Self Storage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust presently has a consensus target price of $12.46, suggesting a potential upside of 11.28%. Global Self Storage has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.95%. Given Global Self Storage’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Self Storage is more favorable than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.
Summary
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust beats Global Self Storage on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About KKR Real Estate Finance Trust
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., a mortgage real estate investment trust, focuses primarily on originating and acquiring transitional senior loans secured by commercial real estate (CRE) assets. It engages in the origination and purchase of credit investments related to CRE, including leveraged and unleveraged commercial real estate loans. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust and would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Global Self Storage
Global Self Storage is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that owns, operates, manages, acquires, and redevelops self-storage properties. The company's self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space for residential and commercial customers. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the company owns and/or manages 13 self-storage properties in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
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