Comparing Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) & Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZY)

Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZY) and Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Andritz and Presidio Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andritz	1	1	1	0	2.00
Presidio Property Trust	1	0	0	0	1.00

Dividends

Andritz pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Presidio Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Andritz pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Presidio Property Trust pays out -0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Presidio Property Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

38.9% of Presidio Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% of Presidio Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Andritz has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Presidio Property Trust has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Andritz and Presidio Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andritz	5.81%	21.09%	5.78%
Presidio Property Trust	-63.99%	-21.64%	-5.45%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Andritz and Presidio Property Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Andritz	$9.00 billion	0.87	$537.26 million	$1.03	14.67
Presidio Property Trust	$17.53 million	0.34	-$25.63 million	($7.86)	-0.52

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

Summary

Andritz beats Presidio Property Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Andritz

Andritz AG provides plants, equipment, and services for pulp and paper industry, metalworking and steel industries, hydropower stations, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors in Europe, North America, South America, China, Asia, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Pulp & Paper, Metals, Hydro, and Separation. The Pulp & Paper segment supplies technology, automation, and service solutions to produce pulp, paper, board, and tissue; boilers for power generation; flue gas cleaning systems; nonwovens technologies; panelboard production systems; and recycling, shredding, and energy solutions for various waste materials. The Metals segment provides technologies, plants, and digital solutions, including automation and software solutions, and process know-how and services; and solutions for the production and processing of flat products for welding systems and industrial furnaces, as well as services for the metals processing industry. The Hydro segment supplies electromechanical equipment and services for hydropower plants; offers plant diagnosis, refurbishment, modernization, and upgradation of existing hydropower plants; and pumps for irrigation, water supply, and flood control, as well as turbo generators. The Separation segment offers mechanical and thermal technologies, as well as services and related automation solutions for solid/liquid separation to serve chemical, environmental, food, mining, and minerals industries; and technologies and services to produce animal feed and biomass pellets. The company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Graz, Austria.

About Presidio Property Trust

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (we, our, us or the Company) is an internally-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), with holdings in office, industrial, retail and model home properties. We were incorporated in the State of California on September 28, 1999, and in August 2010, we reincorporated as a Maryland corporation. In October 2017, we changed our name from NetREIT, Inc., to Presidio Property Trust, Inc. Through Presidio Property Trust, Inc., its subsidiaries, and its partnerships, we own 12 commercial properties in fee interest, two of which we own as a partial interest in various affiliates, in which we serve as general partner, member and/or manager, and a special purpose acquisition company (until deconsolidation in September 2023). The Company has determined that the limited partnerships in which it owns less than 100% should be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as the Company directs their activities and has control of such limited partnerships.