Head to Head Comparison: Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE:SRG) & CaliberCos (NASDAQ:CWD)

Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE:SRG) and CaliberCos (NASDAQ:CWD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Seritage Growth Properties has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CaliberCos has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Seritage Growth Properties and CaliberCos’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seritage Growth Properties	$20.78 million	13.19	-$154.91 million	($2.09)	-2.33
CaliberCos	$90.94 million	0.18	-$12.70 million	($0.74)	-1.01

CaliberCos has higher revenue and earnings than Seritage Growth Properties. Seritage Growth Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CaliberCos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

78.9% of Seritage Growth Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.1% of CaliberCos shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Seritage Growth Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.3% of CaliberCos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Seritage Growth Properties and CaliberCos, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seritage Growth Properties	0	0	0	0	N/A
CaliberCos	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares Seritage Growth Properties and CaliberCos’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seritage Growth Properties	-432.54%	-1.34%	-0.73%
CaliberCos	-18.14%	-19.75%	-5.30%

Summary

CaliberCos beats Seritage Growth Properties on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seritage Growth Properties

Seritage is principally engaged in the ownership, development, redevelopment, management and leasing of retail and mixed-use properties throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2023, the Company's portfolio consisted of interests in 42 properties comprised of approximately 5.6 million square feet of gross leasable area ("GLA") or build-to-suit leased area, approximately 126 acres held for or under development and approximately 2.9 million square feet or approximately 259 acres to be disposed of. The portfolio consists of approximately 4.3 million square feet of GLA held by 33 wholly owned properties (such properties, the "Consolidated Properties") and 1.2 million square feet of GLA held by 9 unconsolidated entities (such properties, the "Unconsolidated Properties").

About CaliberCos

Caliber (NASDAQ: CWD) is a vertically integrated alternative asset management firm whose purpose is to build generational wealth for investors seeking to access opportunities in middle-market assets. Caliber differentiates itself by creating, managing, and servicing proprietary products, including middle-market investment funds, private syndications, and direct investments which are managed by our in-house asset services group. Our funds include investment vehicles focused primarily on real estate, private equity, and debt facilities. Additional information can be found at Caliberco.com and CaliberFunds.co.