Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) & Great Portland Estates (OTCMKTS:GPEAF) Head-To-Head Review

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and Great Portland Estates (OTCMKTS:GPEAF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Acadia Realty Trust and Great Portland Estates’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Realty Trust	$338.69 million	4.96	$19.87 million	$0.19	85.89
Great Portland Estates	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Acadia Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Great Portland Estates.

Profitability

This table compares Acadia Realty Trust and Great Portland Estates’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust	5.72%	0.91%	0.46%
Great Portland Estates	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Acadia Realty Trust and Great Portland Estates, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust	0	2	1	0	2.33
Great Portland Estates	0	3	1	0	2.25

Acadia Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.50%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus price target of $520.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10,008.86%. Given Great Portland Estates’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Acadia Realty Trust.

Summary

Acadia Realty Trust beats Great Portland Estates on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Acadia Realty Trust

Acadia Realty Trust is an equity real estate investment trust focused on delivering long-term, profitable growth via its dual Core Portfolio and Fund operating platforms and its disciplined, location-driven investment strategy. Acadia Realty Trust is accomplishing this goal by building a best-in-class core real estate portfolio with meaningful concentrations of assets in the nation's most dynamic corridors; making profitable opportunistic and value-add investments through its series of discretionary, institutional funds; and maintaining a strong balance sheet.

About Great Portland Estates

We are a FTSE 250 property investment and development company owning £2.5 billion of real estate in central London. We proactively manage our portfolio, flexing our activities in tune with London's property cycle to deliver long-term out-performance. We create in-demand spaces that people want to be part of; helping our occupiers, local communities and the city to thrive.