Sunrise Realty Trust (SUNS) & Its Peers Financial Survey

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) is one of 293 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate investment trusts” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Sunrise Realty Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise Realty Trust	$13.78 million	$230,000.00	10.84
Sunrise Realty Trust Competitors	$991.95 million	$145.17 million	6.20

Sunrise Realty Trust’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Sunrise Realty Trust. Sunrise Realty Trust is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Sunrise Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Sunrise Realty Trust pays out 118.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.5% and pay out -1.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Sunrise Realty Trust and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise Realty Trust	0	0	3	1	3.25
Sunrise Realty Trust Competitors	4890	15917	15393	477	2.31

Sunrise Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $13.06, suggesting a potential upside of 19.29%. As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies have a potential upside of 13.85%. Given Sunrise Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sunrise Realty Trust is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

68.7% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Sunrise Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and its rivals’ 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
Sunrise Realty Trust Competitors	-2.42%	-3.46%	1.20%

Summary

Sunrise Realty Trust beats its rivals on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

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.