Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) Financial Comparison

Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Agree Realty and FrontView REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agree Realty	0	4	11	1	2.81
FrontView REIT	0	4	7	2	2.85

Agree Realty presently has a consensus target price of $83.94, suggesting a potential upside of 13.21%. FrontView REIT has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.62%. Given FrontView REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FrontView REIT is more favorable than Agree Realty.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Agree Realty and FrontView REIT”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agree Realty	$718.40 million	12.84	$204.35 million	$1.86	39.86
FrontView REIT	$67.11 million	7.15	-$3.83 million	$0.03	654.33

Agree Realty has higher revenue and earnings than FrontView REIT. Agree Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FrontView REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Agree Realty and FrontView REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agree Realty	28.84%	3.90%	2.36%
FrontView REIT	2.10%	0.29%	0.17%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of FrontView REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Agree Realty pays out 172.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FrontView REIT pays out 2,866.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Agree Realty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Risk & Volatility

Agree Realty has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agree Realty beats FrontView REIT on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agree Realty

Agree Realty Corporation is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that is RETHINKING RETAIL through the acquisition and development of properties net leased to industry-leading, omni-channel retail tenants. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned and operated a portfolio of 2,135 properties, located in 49 states and containing approximately 44.2 million square feet of gross leasable area. The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ADC".

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.