BRT Apartments Corp. (BRT) vs Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (IRT)

BRT Apartments Corp. and Independence Realty Trust, Inc. are both Reit Residential companies. Independence Realty Trust, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.7B against $239.6M — 15.4× the size. BRT Apartments Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Independence Realty Trust, Inc. trades at 57.9×. Independence Realty Trust, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.11% against 1.45%. Independence Realty Trust, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.19% vs −14.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.21% vs 1.18%). Both pay a dividend; BRT Apartments Corp. yields more (7.81% vs 4.58%). Across the 22 metrics below, Independence Realty Trust, Inc. leads on 17 and BRT Apartments Corp. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BRT IRT Reit Residential median
P/E n/m 57.91 28.23
P/S 2.35 5.35 5.57
P/B 1.54 1.03 1.88
Price to free cash flow 30.18 17.81 20.32
EV/EBITDA 16.33 15.88 15.93
EV/Sales 7.36 8.83 8.07
Earnings yield (5.47%) 1.73% 2.74%
Free cash flow yield 3.31% 5.62% 4.10%

Profitability

Metric BRT IRT Reit Residential median
Gross margin 100.00% 58.68% 58.68%
Operating margin 12.34% 16.55% 20.58%
Net margin (14.45%) 9.19% 17.85%
Free cash flow margin 13.57% 30.05% 27.64%
Return on equity (8.43%) 1.74% 6.17%
Return on assets (2.01%) 1.01% 3.20%
Return on invested capital 1.18% 1.21% 2.03%

Growth

Metric BRT IRT Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.45% 3.11% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.15%) 41.18% 9.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.12% 25.42% 8.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 30.81% 4.20%

Health

Metric BRT IRT Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 3.45 0.69 0.77
Current ratio 0.00 0.81 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 10.98 5.82 4.26

Dividend

Metric BRT IRT Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 7.81% 4.58% 4.48%
Payout ratio — 2.66 1.06

Size

Metric BRT IRT Reit Residential median
Market cap 239.62m 3.70b 6.71b

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