Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) Competitors

Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI) and J. W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the media refer more to OPI or MAYS?

In the previous week, Office Properties Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than J. W. Mays. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Office Properties Income Trust and 1 mentions for J. W. Mays. Office Properties Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat J. W. Mays' score of 0.75 indicating that Office Properties Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Office Properties Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
J. W. Mays	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of OPI or MAYS?

64.4% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of J. W. Mays shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of J. W. Mays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OPI or MAYS?

J. W. Mays has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Office Properties Income Trust. J. W. Mays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Office Properties Income Trust, 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
Office Properties Income Trust	$501.98M	0.03	-$136.11M	-$4.90	-0.05
J. W. Mays	$21.59M	3.68	-$410K	-$0.04	-982.03

Is OPI or MAYS more profitable?

J. W. Mays has a net margin of -0.34% compared to Office Properties Income Trust's net margin of -62.99%. J. W. Mays' return on equity of -0.14% beat Office Properties Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Office Properties Income Trust	-62.99%	-25.56%	-8.02%
J. W. Mays	-0.34%	-0.14%	-0.08%

Which has more volatility and risk, OPI or MAYS?

Office Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. W. Mays has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

J. W. Mays beats Office Properties Income Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.