Gladstone Land (LAND) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer LAND or ELME?

Gladstone Land currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.02%. Elme Communities has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.01%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Elme Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gladstone Land	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Elme Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LAND or ELME?

Gladstone Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elme Communities. Elme Communities 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
Gladstone Land	$85.22M	4.53	$13.29M	-$0.25	-42.64
Elme Communities	$241.93M	5.97	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-109.13

Is LAND or ELME more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.79%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 2.14% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Land	18.14%	2.14%	1.13%
Elme Communities	-5.79%	-1.30%	-0.77%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LAND or ELME?

53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to LAND or ELME?

In the previous week, Gladstone Land had 2 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gladstone Land and 3 mentions for Elme Communities. Gladstone Land's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Elme Communities' score of 1.00 indicating that Gladstone Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Land	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elme Communities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, LAND or ELME?

Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LAND or ELME a better dividend stock?

Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Gladstone Land pays out -224.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% 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. 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.

Summary

Gladstone Land beats Elme Communities on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.