AMEN Properties (OTCMKTS:AMEN) & Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) Head-To-Head Contrast

AMEN Properties (OTCMKTS:AMEN) and Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Risk and Volatility

AMEN Properties has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iron Mountain has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AMEN Properties and Iron Mountain’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMEN Properties	52.71%	39.63%	32.88%
Iron Mountain	1.77%	-44,660.04%	2.94%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.3% of AMEN Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

AMEN Properties pays an annual dividend of $40.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Iron Mountain pays out 794.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AMEN Properties and Iron Mountain”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMEN Properties	$3.68 million	7.20	$2.05 million	N/A	N/A
Iron Mountain	$5.99 billion	5.13	$184.23 million	$0.36	290.89

Iron Mountain has higher revenue and earnings than AMEN Properties.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for AMEN Properties and Iron Mountain, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMEN Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00
Iron Mountain	0	0	6	1	3.14

Iron Mountain has a consensus target price of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.10%. Given Iron Mountain’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Iron Mountain is more favorable than AMEN Properties.

Summary

Iron Mountain beats AMEN Properties on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AMEN Properties

AMEN Properties, Inc. owns oil and gas royalty and working interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. It holds interests in oil gas and gas royalties through its ownership of SFF Royalty, LLC; and 100% interests in SFF Production, LLC. The company was formerly known as Crosswalk.com, Inc. and changed its name to AMEN Properties, Inc. in October 2002. AMEN Properties, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Richardson, Texas.

About Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management services. Founded in 1951 and trusted by more than 240,000 customers worldwide, Iron Mountain serves to protect and elevate the power of our customers’ work. Through a range of offerings including digital transformation, data centers, secure records storage, information management, asset lifecycle management, secure destruction and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps businesses bring light to their dark data, enabling customers to unlock value and intelligence from their stored digital and physical assets at speed and with security, while helping them meet their environmental goals.