Gladstone Land (LAND) Competitors

Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) and Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Is FPI or LAND more profitable?

Farmland Partners has a net margin of 127.59% compared to Gladstone Land's net margin of 10.69%. Farmland Partners' return on equity of 14.18% beat Gladstone Land's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Farmland Partners	127.59%	14.18%	8.06%
Gladstone Land	10.69%	1.14%	0.60%

Is FPI or LAND a better dividend stock?

Farmland Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Farmland Partners pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Land pays out -127.3% 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. Gladstone Land has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Gladstone Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FPI or LAND?

Farmland Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gladstone Land. Gladstone Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmland Partners, 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
Farmland Partners	$58.23M	8.50	$59.91M	$1.22	9.04
Gladstone Land	$85.22M	3.88	$13.29M	-$0.44	-20.77

Which has more volatility and risk, FPI or LAND?

Farmland Partners has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FPI or LAND?

58.0% of Farmland Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Farmland Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend FPI or LAND?

Gladstone Land has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.64%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Farmland Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Farmland Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gladstone Land	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to FPI or LAND?

In the previous week, Farmland Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gladstone Land'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Farmland Partners	Neutral
Gladstone Land	Neutral

Summary

Farmland Partners beats Gladstone Land on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.