Brookfield Property Partners (NASDAQ:BPYPP) versus Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) Financial Survey

Brookfield Property Partners (NASDAQ:BPYPP) and Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Brookfield Property Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Medalist Diversified REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Medalist Diversified REIT pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medalist Diversified REIT has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.4% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 77.6% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Brookfield Property Partners and Medalist Diversified REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Property Partners	0	0	0	0	0.00
Medalist Diversified REIT	0	1	0	0	2.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Brookfield Property Partners and Medalist Diversified REIT”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Property Partners	$7.17 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medalist Diversified REIT	$10.40 million	1.88	-$2.39 million	$3.83	3.13

Brookfield Property Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Medalist Diversified REIT.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield Property Partners and Medalist Diversified REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Property Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medalist Diversified REIT	80.24%	-15.18%	-6.46%

About Brookfield Property Partners

Brookfield Property Partners, through Brookfield Property Partners L.P. and its subsidiary Brookfield Property REIT Inc., is one of the world's premier real estate companies, with approximately $88 billion in total assets. We own and operate iconic properties in the world's major markets, and our global portfolio includes office, retail, multifamily, logistics, hospitality, triple net lease, manufactured housing and student housing. Brookfield Property Partners is the flagship listed real estate company of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., a leading global alternative asset manager with over $600 billion in assets under management. More information is available at www.brookfield.com.

About Medalist Diversified REIT

Medalist Diversified REIT Inc. is a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring, owning and managing commercial real estate in the Southeast region of the U.S. The Company's strategy is to focus on commercial real estate which is expected to provide an attractive balance of risk and returns. Medalist utilizes a rigorous, consistent and replicable process for sourcing and conducting due diligence of acquisitions.