Ground Rents Income Fund (GRIO) Competitors

Ground Rents Income Fund (LON:GRIO) and Palace Capital (LON:PCA) 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 risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GRIO or PCA?

37.9% of Ground Rents Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Palace Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ground Rents Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Palace Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GRIO or PCA?

Palace Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Ground Rents Income Fund. Ground Rents Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palace Capital, 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
Ground Rents Income Fund	£5.64M	4.46	-£23.35M	-£25.87	-1.05
Palace Capital	£15.15M	4.25	£24.99M	£85.89	2.58

Does the media favor GRIO or PCA?

In the previous week, Palace Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ground Rents Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Palace Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ground Rents Income Fund	Neutral
Palace Capital	Positive

Is GRIO or PCA a better dividend stock?

Ground Rents Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Palace Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Ground Rents Income Fund pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Palace Capital pays out 17.5% 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. Ground Rents Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, GRIO or PCA?

Ground Rents Income Fund has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palace Capital has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GRIO or PCA more profitable?

Palace Capital has a net margin of 164.89% compared to Ground Rents Income Fund's net margin of -413.74%. Palace Capital's return on equity of 31.11% beat Ground Rents Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ground Rents Income Fund	-413.74%	-39.19%	1.71%
Palace Capital	164.89%	31.11%	2.33%

Summary

Palace Capital beats Ground Rents Income Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.