Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, MAYS or OPI?

J.W. Mays has a beta of -0.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Office Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MAYS or OPI more profitable?

J.W. Mays has a net margin of -0.86% compared to Office Properties Income Trust's net margin of -27.11%. J.W. Mays' return on equity of -0.35% beat Office Properties Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
J.W. Mays	-0.86%	-0.35%	-0.21%
Office Properties Income Trust	-27.11%	-10.86%	-3.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MAYS or OPI?

Office Properties Income Trust received 46 more outperform votes than J.W. Mays when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.64% of users gave J.W. Mays an outperform vote while only 46.69% of users gave Office Properties Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
J.W. Mays	Outperform Votes 74 55.64%	Underperform Votes 59 44.36%
Office Properties Income Trust	Outperform Votes 120 46.69%	Underperform Votes 137 53.31%

Does the media favor MAYS or OPI?

In the previous week, J.W. Mays had 1 more articles in the media than Office Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for J.W. Mays and 0 mentions for Office Properties Income Trust. J.W. Mays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Office Properties Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
J.W. Mays	Neutral
Office Properties Income Trust	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MAYS or OPI?

J.W. Mays has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
J.W. Mays	$22.04M	3.51	-$410K	-$0.12	-319.33
Office Properties Income Trust	$476.16M	0.03	-$136.11M	-$2.75	-0.07

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MAYS or OPI?

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

Summary

J.W. Mays beats Office Properties Income Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.