City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

Patria Investments (NYSE:PAX) and City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Is PAX or CIO a better dividend stock?

Patria Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Patria Investments pays out 122.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City Office REIT pays out -61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City Office REIT has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. City Office REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PAX or CIO?

Patria Investments has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City Office REIT has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PAX or CIO?

In the previous week, Patria Investments had 2 more articles in the media than City Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Patria Investments and 2 mentions for City Office REIT. City Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Patria Investments' score of 0.10 indicating that City Office REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Patria Investments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
City Office REIT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate PAX or CIO?

Patria Investments presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.29%. Given Patria Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Patria Investments is more favorable than City Office REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patria Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
City Office REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAX or CIO?

City Office REIT received 273 more outperform votes than Patria Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave City Office REIT an outperform vote while only 56.00% of users gave Patria Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Patria Investments	Outperform Votes 14 56.00%	Underperform Votes 11 44.00%
City Office REIT	Outperform Votes 287 59.30%	Underperform Votes 197 40.70%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PAX or CIO?

Patria Investments has higher revenue and earnings than City Office REIT. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patria Investments, 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
Patria Investments	$374.20M	2.26	$73.40M	$0.49	28.49
City Office REIT	$168.89M	1.27	-$2.68M	-$0.65	-8.20

Is PAX or CIO more profitable?

Patria Investments has a net margin of 19.91% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -10.33%. Patria Investments' return on equity of 38.68% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patria Investments	19.91%	38.68%	15.84%
City Office REIT	-10.33%	-2.74%	-1.19%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PAX or CIO?

96.3% of Patria Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of City Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 58.1% of Patria Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of City Office REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Patria Investments beats City Office REIT on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.