Analyzing Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE)

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Xenia Hotels & Resorts’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	-4.39%	-1.00%	-0.41%
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	5.85%	5.13%	2.21%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company 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 recommendations for Alpine Income Property Trust and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	3	4	2	2.89
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	1	2	3	0	2.33

Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $19.92, indicating a potential upside of 1.20%. Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.53%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Xenia Hotels & Resorts.

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -495.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays out 87.5% 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Xenia Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Xenia Hotels & Resorts”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	4.91	-$2.66 million	($0.23)	-85.57
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	$1.08 billion	1.31	$16.14 million	$0.64	23.91

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xenia Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Xenia Hotels & Resorts beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 10 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 Xenia Hotels & Resorts

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of investment in luxury and upper upscale hotels and resorts. It also owns a diversified portfolio of lodging properties operated by Marriott, Kimpton, Hyatt, Aston, Fairmong, and Loews. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.