LAND vs. ORC, ACRE, WSR, GCMG, LADR, ELME, VRE, SILA, PGRE, and NXRT
Should you be buying Gladstone Land stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Land include Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Whitestone REIT (WSR), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Ladder Capital (LADR), Elme Communities (ELME), Veris Residential (VRE), Sila Realty Trust (SILA), Paramount Group (PGRE), and NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) and Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gladstone Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Orchid Island Capital. Orchid Island Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Land, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Orchid Island Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Gladstone Land. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Orchid Island Capital and 5 mentions for Gladstone Land. Orchid Island Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Gladstone Land's score of 0.15 indicating that Orchid Island Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gladstone Land received 66 more outperform votes than Orchid Island Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.77% of users gave Gladstone Land an outperform vote while only 61.25% of users gave Orchid Island Capital an outperform vote.
Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.5%. Gladstone Land pays out 933.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Orchid Island Capital pays out -271.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orchid Island Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gladstone Land currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.81%. Orchid Island Capital has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.36%. Given Orchid Island Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Orchid Island Capital is more favorable than Gladstone Land.
Gladstone Land has a net margin of 29.49% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 3.63% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Gladstone Land beats Orchid Island Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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