Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE – Get Free Report) and FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and FrontView REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | -8.86% | -1.96% | -0.81% |
| FrontView REIT | -32.21% | -4.25% | -2.57% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Alpine Income Property Trust and FrontView REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.17 |
| FrontView REIT | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.83 |
Dividends
Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -325.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FrontView REIT pays out -104.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alpine Income Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Volatility & Risk
Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and FrontView REIT”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | $52.23 million | 4.64 | $2.07 million | ($0.35) | -48.86 |
| FrontView REIT | $66.68 million | 5.11 | -$22.21 million | ($0.82) | -19.19 |
Alpine Income Property Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FrontView REIT. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FrontView REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of FrontView REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alpine Income Property Trust beats FrontView REIT on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About FrontView REIT
FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.
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