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, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, AIRE or AEI?

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

Does the media refer more to AIRE or AEI?

In the previous week, Alternative Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Equity Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

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

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

15.9% of Alternative Income REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of Alternative Income REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AIRE or AEI a better dividend stock?

Alternative Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Alternative Income REIT pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out 0.5% 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.

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 stronger valuation & earnings, AIRE or AEI?

Alternative Income REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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	£5.92M	9.52	£2.24M	£6.35	11.04
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£20.67M	8.77	-£220.80K	£42.12	8.82

Summary

Alternative Income REIT beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.