Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) & Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) Head to Head Review

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) and Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Sunrise Realty Trust and Cushman & Wakefield, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise Realty Trust	1	1	2	0	2.25
Cushman & Wakefield	0	4	6	0	2.60

Sunrise Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.07%. Cushman & Wakefield has a consensus target price of $18.56, indicating a potential upside of 38.23%. Given Cushman & Wakefield’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cushman & Wakefield is more favorable than Sunrise Realty Trust.

Volatility & Risk

Sunrise Realty Trust has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Sunrise Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise Realty Trust	62.48%	7.76%	4.85%
Cushman & Wakefield	0.86%	15.02%	3.76%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sunrise Realty Trust and Cushman & Wakefield”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise Realty Trust	$22.82 million	5.51	$6.87 million	$1.09	8.60
Cushman & Wakefield	$10.29 billion	0.30	$88.20 million	$0.38	35.34

Cushman & Wakefield has higher revenue and earnings than Sunrise Realty Trust. Sunrise Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Cushman & Wakefield beats Sunrise Realty Trust on 9 of the 14 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 Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Plc engages in the provision of commercial real estate services. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC). The Americas segment consists of operations located in the United States, Canada and key markets in Latin America. The EMEA segment includes operations in the UK, France, Netherlands and other markets in Europe and the Middle East. The APAC segment comprises of operations in Australia, Singapore, China and other markets in the Asia Pacific region. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.