Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE – Get Free Report) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 95.8% 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 and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Alpine Income Property Trust and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3.00 |
| Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.30 |
Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus price target of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.85%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $43.20, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..
Volatility and Risk
Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | $60.53 million | 4.81 | -$2.66 million | $0.46 | 35.28 |
| Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | $761.31 million | 6.38 | $111.30 million | $1.44 | 26.19 |
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpine Income Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.’s 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% |
| Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | 19.14% | 5.52% | 2.69% |
Summary
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. 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 Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.
Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership and operation of shopping centers. It also offers an investment management business providing property management and advisory services. Its portfolio consists of well-occupied, grocery-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers having a mix of national, regional, and local retailers offering necessity-based goods and services. The company was founded by Jeffrey S. Edison and Michael C. Phillips in 1991 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.
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