Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT – Get Free Report) and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:IIPZF – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Risk & Volatility
Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Blackstone Mortgage Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust | -12.91% | 9.35% | 1.68% |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | -8.47% | -0.81% | -0.47% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Blackstone Mortgage Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.38 |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 |
Blackstone Mortgage Trust currently has a consensus target price of $20.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.94%. Given Blackstone Mortgage Trust’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blackstone Mortgage Trust is more favorable than InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust.
Dividends
Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays out -135.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -254.5% 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.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Blackstone Mortgage Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust | $2.04 billion | 1.53 | $246.55 million | ($1.39) | -12.95 |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | $175.65 million | 5.64 | $68.33 million | ($0.11) | -61.09 |
Blackstone Mortgage Trust has higher revenue and earnings than InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Blackstone Mortgage Trust beats InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Blackstone Mortgage Trust
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company, originates senior loans collateralized by commercial properties in North America, Europe, and Australia. The company originates and acquires senior floating rate mortgage loans that are secured by a first-priority mortgage on commercial real estate assets. It operates as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. The company was formerly known as Capital Trust, Inc. and changed its name to Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. in May 2013. Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust
InterRent?REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust engaged in increasing Unitholder value and creating a growing and sustainable distribution?through the acquisition and ownership of multi-residential properties. InterRent’s strategy is to expand its portfolio primarily within?markets that have exhibited stable market vacancies,?sufficient suites available to attain the critical mass necessary to implement?an efficient portfolio management structure, and?offer opportunities for accretive acquisitions. InterRent’s primary objectives are to use the proven industry experience of the Trustees,?Management and Operational Team to: (i)?to grow both funds from operations per Unit and net asset value per Unit through investments in a diversified portfolio of multi-residential properties; (ii)?to provide Unitholders with sustainable and growing cash distributions, payable monthly; and (iii)?to maintain a conservative payout ratio and balance sheet.
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