ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR) versus Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ:ASPS) Head-To-Head Survey

ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR) and Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ:ASPS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

40.0% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares ACRES Commercial Realty and Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACRES Commercial Realty	35.16%	4.74%	1.16%
Altisource Portfolio Solutions	0.04%	N/A	-3.73%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ACRES Commercial Realty and Altisource Portfolio Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ACRES Commercial Realty	$83.49 million	2.08	$29.27 million	$0.96	24.77
Altisource Portfolio Solutions	$160.13 million	0.45	-$35.64 million	($1.94)	-3.40

ACRES Commercial Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Altisource Portfolio Solutions. Altisource Portfolio Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACRES Commercial Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ACRES Commercial Realty and Altisource Portfolio Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ACRES Commercial Realty	0	2	3	0	2.60
Altisource Portfolio Solutions	1	0	0	0	1.00

ACRES Commercial Realty currently has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Given ACRES Commercial Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ACRES Commercial Realty is more favorable than Altisource Portfolio Solutions.

Volatility and Risk

ACRES Commercial Realty has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altisource Portfolio Solutions has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ACRES Commercial Realty beats Altisource Portfolio Solutions on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ACRES Commercial Realty

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust (REIT), focuses on the origination, holding, and management of commercial real estate mortgage loans and equity investments in commercial real estate property in the United States. It invests in commercial real estate-related assets, including floating-rate first mortgage loans, first priority interests in first mortgage loans, subordinated interests in first mortgage loans, mezzanine financing, preferred equity investments, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was formerly known as Exantas Capital Corp. and changed its name to ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. in February 2021. ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Uniondale, New York.

About Altisource Portfolio Solutions

Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. operates as an integrated service provider and marketplace for the real estate and mortgage industries in the United States and internationally. It operates through Servicer and Real Estate, and Origination segments. The Servicer and Real Estate segment offers property preservation, inspection, title insurance and settlement, real estate valuation, foreclosure trustee, and residential and commercial construction inspection and risk mitigation services. This segment provides Hubzu, an online real estate auction platform, as well as real estate auction, real estate brokerage, and asset management services; Equator, a software-as-a-service technology to manage real estate owned, short sales, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and eviction processes; a vendor invoicing and payment system; RentRange, a single and multi-family rental data, analytics, and rent-based valuation solution; REALSynergy, a commercial loan servicing platform; and NestRange, an automated residential valuation model and analytics solution. The Origination segment offers loan fulfillment, certification and certification insurance services, management services. In addition, it provides Lendors One Loan Automation, a marketplace to order services and a tool to automate components of the loan manufacturing process; TrelixAI, a technology to manage the workflow and automate components of the loan fulfillment, pre and post close quality, and service transfer processes; and ADMS, a document management and data analytics delivery platform. The company serves financial institutions, government-sponsored enterprises, banks, asset managers, servicers, investors, property management firms, real estate brokerages, insurance companies, mortgage bankers, originators, and correspondent and private money lenders. Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.