Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR – Get Free Report) and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Digital Realty Trust and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Digital Realty Trust | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2.78 |
| Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Dividends
Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.2%. Digital Realty Trust pays out 128.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Volatility & Risk
Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Digital Realty Trust and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Digital Realty Trust | $5.55 billion | 10.53 | $615.19 million | $3.81 | 45.02 |
| Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation | $118.06 million | 0.04 | -$25.17 million | ($389.17) | -0.02 |
Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digital Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Digital Realty Trust and Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Digital Realty Trust | 23.98% | 6.46% | 3.00% |
| Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation | -30.29% | N/A | -4.06% |
Summary
Digital Realty Trust beats Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming. The company was founded on March 9, 2004, and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.
About Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation
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.
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