Financial Contrast: FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) & Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT)

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT) and FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and FrontView REIT”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	$115.68 million	0.02	-$25.17 million	($107.69)	-0.03
FrontView REIT	$66.68 million	4.94	-$22.21 million	($0.82)	-18.57

FrontView REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation. FrontView REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and FrontView REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	-32.71%	N/A	-4.29%
FrontView REIT	-32.21%	-4.25%	-2.57%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and FrontView REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	1	0	0	0	1.00
FrontView REIT	2	3	1	0	1.83

FrontView REIT has a consensus target price of $14.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.33%. Given FrontView REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FrontView REIT is more favorable than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation.

Volatility and Risk

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of FrontView REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 43.7%. FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation pays out -1.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FrontView REIT pays out -104.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

FrontView REIT beats Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.