B. Riley Financial (RILY) Competitors

Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) and B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ:RILY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is LAND or RILY more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 15.59% compared to B. Riley Financial's net margin of -48.04%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 1.89% beat B. Riley Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Land	15.59%	1.89%	0.99%
B. Riley Financial	-48.04%	-236.88%	-11.40%

Which has more volatility & risk, LAND or RILY?

Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B. Riley Financial has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LAND or RILY?

Gladstone Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B. Riley Financial. Gladstone Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B. Riley Financial, 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	$81.77M	4.48	$14.56M	-$0.25	-40.52
B. Riley Financial	$1.44B	0.06	-$99.91M	-$27.77	-0.11

Is LAND or RILY a better dividend stock?

Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. B. Riley Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 66.0%. Gladstone Land pays out -224.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B. Riley Financial pays out -7.2% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAND or RILY?

Gladstone Land received 178 more outperform votes than B. Riley Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave Gladstone Land an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave B. Riley Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gladstone Land	Outperform Votes 361 68.89%	Underperform Votes 163 31.11%
B. Riley Financial	Outperform Votes 183 60.60%	Underperform Votes 119 39.40%

Do analysts rate LAND or RILY?

Gladstone Land currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.14%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than B. Riley Financial.

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
B. Riley Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LAND or RILY?

53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of B. Riley Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of B. Riley Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer LAND or RILY?

In the previous week, Gladstone Land and Gladstone Land both had 5 articles in the media. B. Riley Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Gladstone Land's score of 0.80 indicating that B. Riley Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Land	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
B. Riley Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Gladstone Land beats B. Riley Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.