BCPT vs. PCTN, SREI, API, ESP, THRL, SHED, HWG, PRSR, MTVW, and WHR
Should you be buying Balanced Commercial Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Balanced Commercial Property Trust include Picton Property Income (PCTN), Schroder Real Estate Invest (SREI), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), Empiric Student Property (ESP), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Harworth Group (HWG), Prs Reit (PRSR), Mountview Estates (MTVW), and Warehouse REIT (WHR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Balanced Commercial Property Trust (LON:BCPT) and Picton Property Income (LON:PCTN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Picton Property Income has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Balanced Commercial Property Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Picton Property Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Balanced Commercial Property Trust pays out -1,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Picton Property Income pays out -2,666.7% 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.
52.0% of Balanced Commercial Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Picton Property Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Balanced Commercial Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Picton Property Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Balanced Commercial Property Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Picton Property Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Balanced Commercial Property Trust and 0 mentions for Picton Property Income. Balanced Commercial Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Picton Property Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Balanced Commercial Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Picton Property Income has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Balanced Commercial Property Trust. Picton Property Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Balanced Commercial Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Picton Property Income's net margin of -150.52%. Picton Property Income's return on equity of -13.72% beat Balanced Commercial Property Trust's return on equity.
Picton Property Income received 124 more outperform votes than Balanced Commercial Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Picton Property Income an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Balanced Commercial Property Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Picton Property Income beats Balanced Commercial Property Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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