Farmland Partners (FPI) Competitors

Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, FPI or EQC?

Farmland Partners has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FPI or EQC?

Farmland Partners currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.68%. Given Farmland Partners' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Farmland Partners is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Farmland Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is FPI or EQC more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 156.11% compared to Farmland Partners' net margin of 53.91%. Farmland Partners' return on equity of 5.78% beat Equity Commonwealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Farmland Partners	53.91%	5.78%	2.88%
Equity Commonwealth	156.11%	4.14%	3.88%

Does the media refer more to FPI or EQC?

In the previous week, Farmland Partners had 3 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Farmland Partners and 1 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Farmland Partners' score of 1.03 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Farmland Partners	Positive
Equity Commonwealth	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FPI or EQC?

58.0% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FPI or EQC?

Equity Commonwealth received 43 more outperform votes than Farmland Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.11% of users gave Farmland Partners an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Farmland Partners	Outperform Votes 257 56.11%	Underperform Votes 201 43.89%
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.66%	Underperform Votes 239 44.34%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FPI or EQC?

Equity Commonwealth has higher revenue and earnings than Farmland Partners. Farmland Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Farmland Partners	$57.47M	9.13	$30.91M	$0.51	21.36
Equity Commonwealth	$60.52M	34.02	$91.16M	$0.79	24.29

Summary

Equity Commonwealth beats Farmland Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.