Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) and Hammerson (OTCMKTS:HMSNF) Financial Survey

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) and Hammerson (OTCMKTS:HMSNF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise Realty Trust	56.29%	7.70%	5.35%
Hammerson	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Sunrise Realty Trust has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hammerson has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Sunrise Realty Trust and Hammerson, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise Realty Trust	2	1	1	0	1.75
Hammerson	0	3	1	0	2.25

Sunrise Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $10.38, suggesting a potential upside of 32.50%. Given Sunrise Realty Trust’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sunrise Realty Trust is more favorable than Hammerson.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and Hammerson”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise Realty Trust	$21.57 million	4.91	$12.14 million	$0.94	8.33
Hammerson	$278.73 million	8.20	$306.07 million	N/A	N/A

Hammerson has higher revenue and earnings than Sunrise Realty Trust.

Summary

Sunrise Realty Trust beats Hammerson on 5 of the 9 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 Hammerson

Hammerson is a cities business. An owner, operator and developer of prime urban real estate, with a portfolio value of £4.7billion (as at 30 June 2023), in some of the fastest growing cities in the UK, Ireland and France. Our portfolio and adjacent lands leverage our experience and capabilities to create and manage exceptional city centre destinations with the opportunity to drive value and reshape entire neighbourhoods. Our assets are high profile and play an important role in our communities, welcoming c. 175 million visitors each year and supporting 20,000+ jobs though our retail, dining and social occupiers. These destinations include Bullring in Birmingham, The Oracle in Reading, Dundrum Estate, Dublin and Terraces du Port in Marseille. We also hold investments in Value Retail, best-in-class villages such as Bicester Village, Oxfordshire. Hammerson also holds 80 acres of attractive pre-development and strategic land. This includes complementary adjacent land, creating optionality to enhance both the scale and diversity of the existing estate, and stand-alone land opportunities. These include Martineau Galleries in Birmingham and Bishopsgate Goodsyard, Shoreditch.