Analyzing Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & Curbline Properties (NYSE:CURB)

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Curbline Properties (NYSE:CURB) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curbline Properties has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	9.36%	2.11%	0.91%
Curbline Properties	13.10%	1.50%	1.13%

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Curbline Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Curbline Properties pays out 251.9% 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. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Alpine Income Property Trust and Curbline Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	4	5	2	2.82
Curbline Properties	0	3	6	0	2.67

Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.83%. Curbline Properties has a consensus price target of $31.11, suggesting a potential upside of 4.52%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Curbline Properties.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Curbline Properties shares are held by company 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Curbline Properties”s gross 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	5.80	-$2.66 million	$0.19	104.94
Curbline Properties	$182.89 million	18.72	$39.83 million	$0.27	110.24

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

Summary

Curbline Properties beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 10 of the 18 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 Curbline Properties

Curbline Properties Corp. is a real estate investment trust which is an owner and manager of convenience shopping centers positioned on the curbline of well-trafficked intersections and major vehicular corridors in suburban. Curbline Properties Corp. is based in NEW YORK.