Head to Head Survey: Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) & CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE)

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) and CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Sunrise Realty Trust and CBRE Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise Realty Trust	1	0	3	1	2.80
CBRE Group	0	2	8	0	2.80

Sunrise Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $13.19, suggesting a potential upside of 31.35%. CBRE Group has a consensus price target of $171.89, suggesting a potential upside of 5.27%. Given Sunrise Realty Trust’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sunrise Realty Trust is more favorable than CBRE Group.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and CBRE Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise Realty Trust	59.41%	7.28%	4.44%
CBRE Group	3.12%	20.55%	6.78%

Risk and Volatility

Sunrise Realty Trust has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBRE Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and CBRE Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise Realty Trust	$10.63 million	12.68	$6.87 million	$1.04	9.65
CBRE Group	$35.77 billion	1.36	$968.00 million	$3.57	45.74

CBRE Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sunrise Realty Trust. Sunrise Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBRE Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.4% of CBRE Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Sunrise Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CBRE Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CBRE Group beats Sunrise Realty Trust on 9 of the 14 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 CBRE Group

CBRE Group, Inc. operates as a commercial real estate services and investment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The Advisory Services segment offers strategic advice and execution to owners, investors, and occupiers of real estate in connection with leasing of offices, and industrial and retail space; clients fully integrated property sales services under the CBRE Capital Markets brand; clients commercial mortgage and structured financing services; originates and sells commercial mortgage loans; property management services, such as marketing, building engineering, accounting, and financial services on a contractual basis for owners of and investors in office, industrial, and retail properties; and valuation services that include market value appraisals, litigation support, discounted cash flow analyses, and feasibility studies, as well as consulting services, such as property condition reports, hotel advisory, and environmental consulting. The Global Workplace Solutions segment provides facilities management, including day-to-day management of client-occupied space, headquarters, regional offices, administrative offices, data centers and other critical facilities, manufacturing and laboratory facilities, and distribution facilities and retail space; and project management services comprising building consulting, program, and project and cost management services under the Turner & Townsend brand name. The Real Estate Investments segment offers investment management services under the CBRE Investment Management brand to pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, foundations, endowments, and other institutional investors; and development services, such as real estate development and investment activities under the Trammell Crow Company and Telford Homes brands to users and investors in commercial real estate, and for their own account. CBRE Group, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.