Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE) & Its Competitors Critical Contrast

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) is one of 85 publicly-traded companies in the “Retail REITs” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Alpine Income Property Trust to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	16.55%	3.68%	1.64%
Alpine Income Property Trust Competitors	30.12%	5.04%	3.14%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Alpine Income Property Trust and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	3	5	3	3.00
Alpine Income Property Trust Competitors	964	3991	3457	139	2.32

Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.42%. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies have a potential upside of 9.02%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than its rivals.

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 278.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 230.2% and pay out -7.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpine Income Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Alpine Income Property Trust lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	-$2.66 million	36.40
Alpine Income Property Trust Competitors	$843.78 million	$253.68 million	9.22

Alpine Income Property Trust’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust’s rivals have a beta of 0.88, suggesting that their average share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust rivals beat Alpine Income Property Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Alpine Income Property Trust Company Profile

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns and manages income-producing commercial properties. Its portfolio focuses primarily on single-tenant retail properties leased to national and regional businesses, along with select other commercial real estate. Many of the company’s properties are leased under net lease agreements, in which tenants pay some or all property expenses in addition to rent. Alpine seeks to generate rental income through leases with businesses operating across a range of industries.