Gladstone Land (LAND) Competitors

NETSTREIT (NYSE:NTST) and Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NTST or LAND?

Gladstone Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NETSTREIT. NETSTREIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Land, 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
NETSTREIT	$166.00M	9.24	-$11.94M	-$0.08	-229.81
Gladstone Land	$85.22M	3.88	$13.29M	-$0.25	-36.56

Is NTST or LAND a better dividend stock?

NETSTREIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. NETSTREIT pays out -1,075.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Land pays out -224.0% 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. NETSTREIT has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Gladstone Land has increased 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.

Is NTST or LAND more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 18.14% compared to NETSTREIT's net margin of -3.19%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 2.14% beat NETSTREIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NETSTREIT	-3.19%	-0.43%	-0.25%
Gladstone Land	18.14%	2.14%	1.13%

Which has more risk and volatility, NTST or LAND?

NETSTREIT has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NTST or LAND?

NETSTREIT currently has a consensus target price of $18.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.39%. Gladstone Land has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 58.64%. Given Gladstone Land's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than NETSTREIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NETSTREIT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gladstone Land	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NTST or LAND?

53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of NETSTREIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to NTST or LAND?

In the previous week, NETSTREIT had 18 more articles in the media than Gladstone Land. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for NETSTREIT and 1 mentions for Gladstone Land. NETSTREIT's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Gladstone Land's score of 0.00 indicating that NETSTREIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NETSTREIT	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gladstone Land	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Gladstone Land beats NETSTREIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.