Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) Competitors

Alternative Income REIT (LON:AIRE) and abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AIRE or AEI?

Alternative Income REIT and abrdn Equity Income Trust both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alternative Income REIT	N/A	N/A
abrdn Equity Income Trust	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to AIRE or AEI?

In the previous week, Alternative Income REIT had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Equity Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alternative Income REIT and 0 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust. Alternative Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Alternative Income REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alternative Income REIT	Neutral
abrdn Equity Income Trust	Neutral

Is AIRE or AEI a better dividend stock?

Alternative Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Alternative Income REIT pays out 195.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -4,961.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, AIRE or AEI?

Alternative Income REIT has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AIRE or AEI?

24.2% of Alternative Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.9% of Alternative Income REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AIRE or AEI more profitable?

Alternative Income REIT has a net margin of 29.84% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. Alternative Income REIT's return on equity of 3.60% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alternative Income REIT	29.84%	3.60%	3.56%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AIRE or AEI?

Alternative Income REIT has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Equity Income Trust. abrdn Equity Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alternative Income REIT, 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
Alternative Income REIT	£7.52M	7.17	£2.24M	£3.08	22.88
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	47.23	-£220.80K	-£0.46	-719.49

Summary

Alternative Income REIT beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.