Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM – Get Free Report) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Plymouth Industrial REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Plymouth Industrial REIT | 13.45% | 5.47% | 1.86% |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | -1.16% | -0.20% | -0.10% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Plymouth Industrial REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Plymouth Industrial REIT | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.29 |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
Risk & Volatility
Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 223.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -2,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Plymouth Industrial REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Plymouth Industrial REIT | $199.46 million | 5.26 | $13.66 million | $0.43 | 53.81 |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | $46.21 million | 5.63 | $2.92 million | ($0.04) | -477.50 |
Plymouth Industrial REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plymouth Industrial REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Plymouth Industrial REIT beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Plymouth Industrial REIT
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (NYSE: PLYM) is a full service, vertically integrated real estate investment company focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of single and multi-tenant industrial properties. Our mission is to provide tenants with cost effective space that is functional, flexible and safe.
About Alpine Income Property Trust
Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and dependable cash dividends by investing in, owning and operating a portfolio of single tenant net leased properties that are predominately leased to high-quality publicly traded and credit-rated tenants.
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