American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC – Get Free Report) and reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
48.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of reAlpha Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.6% of reAlpha Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for American Strategic Investment and reAlpha Tech, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| American Strategic Investment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| reAlpha Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Volatility & Risk
American Strategic Investment has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, reAlpha Tech has a beta of -2.64, indicating that its share price is 364% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares American Strategic Investment and reAlpha Tech”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| American Strategic Investment | $43.28 million | 0.45 | -$21.19 million | $4.90 | 1.27 |
| reAlpha Tech | $4.52 million | 1.96 | -$17.59 million | ($3.32) | -0.45 |
reAlpha Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Strategic Investment. reAlpha Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Strategic Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares American Strategic Investment and reAlpha Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| American Strategic Investment | 38.87% | -50.85% | -7.02% |
| reAlpha Tech | -419.95% | -198.91% | -97.12% |
Summary
American Strategic Investment beats reAlpha Tech on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About American Strategic Investment
American Strategic Investment Co. (NYSE: NYC) owns a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City.
About reAlpha Tech
reAlpha Tech Corp., a real estate technology company, commercializes artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies. The company operates in two segments, Platform Services and Rental Business. The company offers and develops AI-based products and services to customers in the real-estate industry. These include reAlpha BRAIN, which utilizes a natural language processing program to scan through property data and choose the ones with a higher than expected industry standard return on investment; reAlpha HUMINT, which allows analysts to input qualitative features about a property and factor it into property evaluation; GENA to generate home descriptions; AIRE, a web-based AI application that provides data and insights about the real estate market; and reAlpha App, which allows syndicate members to acquire equity interests in the syndication LLC. It also leases short-term rental properties; and provides technical support services. The company was formerly known as eAlpha Asset Management, Inc. and changed its name to reAlpha Tech Corp. in March 2023. reAlpha Tech Corp. was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.
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