Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (PLAO) Competitors

Global Medical REIT (NYSE:GMRE) and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (NASDAQ:PLAO) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GMRE or PLAO?

Global Medical REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Medical REIT	$137.94M	3.32	$6.63M	$0.03	228.17
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GMRE or PLAO more profitable?

Global Medical REIT has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Global Medical REIT's return on equity of 1.68% beat Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Medical REIT	5.87%	1.68%	0.65%
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GMRE or PLAO?

57.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor GMRE or PLAO?

In the previous week, Global Medical REIT had 2 more articles in the media than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Global Medical REIT and 0 mentions for Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition. Global Medical REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Medical REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Medical REIT	Positive
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	Neutral

Do analysts rate GMRE or PLAO?

Global Medical REIT presently has a consensus target price of $10.44, suggesting a potential upside of 52.48%. Given Global Medical REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Global Medical REIT is more favorable than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Medical REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Global Medical REIT beats Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.