BRT Apartments Corp. (BRT) vs Centerspace (CSR)

BRT Apartments Corp. and Centerspace are both Reit Residential companies. Centerspace is the larger, with a market value of $975.4M against $257.5M — 3.8× the size. BRT Apartments Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Centerspace trades at 42.9×. BRT Apartments Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.18% against 0.67%. Centerspace has the higher net margin (7.97% vs −13.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.47% vs 1.14%). Both pay a dividend; BRT Apartments Corp. yields more (6.10% vs 5.43%). Across the 21 metrics below, Centerspace leads on 15 and BRT Apartments Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BRT CSR Reit Residential median
P/E n/m 42.86 28.48
P/S 2.54 3.46 5.52
P/B 1.55 1.17 1.89
Price to free cash flow 30.64 3.79 18.04
EV/EBITDA 16.52 10.41 15.74
EV/Sales 7.47 7.10 8.08
Earnings yield (5.06%) 2.33% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 3.26% 26.37% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric BRT CSR Reit Residential median
Gross margin 100.00% 86.26% 58.73%
Operating margin 11.99% 26.03% 20.57%
Net margin (13.22%) 7.97% 20.81%
Free cash flow margin 8.30% 91.17% 20.24%
Return on equity (7.34%) 2.64% 6.86%
Return on assets (1.86%) 1.11% 3.17%
Return on invested capital 1.14% 2.47% 2.03%

Growth

Metric BRT CSR Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.18% 0.67% 2.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.15%) 180.31% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.12% 8.98% 7.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 3.76%

Health

Metric BRT CSR Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 3.16 1.25 0.78
Current ratio 1.75 0.03 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 10.98 5.55 4.27

Dividend

Metric BRT CSR Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 6.10% 5.43% 4.63%
Payout ratio 2.00 1.35 1.35

Size

Metric BRT CSR Reit Residential median
Market cap 257.47m 975.38m 4.17b

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