abrdn Property Income Trust (API) Competitors

abrdn Property Income Trust (LON:API) and Appreciate Group (LON:APP) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Is API or APP more profitable?

Appreciate Group has a net margin of 4.77% compared to abrdn Property Income Trust's net margin of -68.00%. Appreciate Group's return on equity of 42.06% beat abrdn Property Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Property Income Trust	-68.00%	-7.78%	2.55%
Appreciate Group	4.77%	42.06%	2.45%

Does the media prefer API or APP?

In the previous week, abrdn Property Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Appreciate Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Property Income Trust	Neutral
Appreciate Group	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, API or APP?

Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Property Income Trust. abrdn Property Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Appreciate Group, 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
abrdn Property Income Trust	£33.03M	0.63	-£22.46M	-£5.89	-0.93
Appreciate Group	£120.97M	0.00	£5.78M	£0.03	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in API or APP?

50.8% of abrdn Property Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Appreciate Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of abrdn Property Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor API or APP?

abrdn Property Income Trust received 42 more outperform votes than Appreciate Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.35% of users gave Appreciate Group an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave abrdn Property Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Property Income Trust	Outperform Votes 56 65.12%	Underperform Votes 30 34.88%
Appreciate Group	Outperform Votes 14 82.35%	Underperform Votes 3 17.65%

Which has more risk and volatility, API or APP?

abrdn Property Income Trust has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is API or APP a better dividend stock?

abrdn Property Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 73.0%. Appreciate Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. abrdn Property Income Trust pays out -67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Appreciate Group pays out 6,666.7% 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 Property Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Appreciate Group beats abrdn Property Income Trust on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.