Farmland Partners (FPI) Competitors

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DBRG or FPI?

Farmland Partners received 215 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.00% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote while only 55.15% of users gave Farmland Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 42 56.00%	Underperform Votes 33 44.00%
Farmland Partners	Outperform Votes 257 55.15%	Underperform Votes 209 44.85%

Is DBRG or FPI a better dividend stock?

DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Farmland Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmland Partners pays out 23.5% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DBRG or FPI?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Farmland Partners. Farmland Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, 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
DigitalBridge Group	$578.08M	3.25	$185.28M	$0.30	35.58
Farmland Partners	$56.49M	9.52	$30.91M	$1.02	11.47

Is DBRG or FPI more profitable?

Farmland Partners has a net margin of 102.89% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 10.98%. Farmland Partners' return on equity of 11.47% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%
Farmland Partners	102.89%	11.47%	5.82%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DBRG or FPI?

92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Farmland Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Farmland Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, DBRG or FPI?

DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmland Partners has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DBRG or FPI?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 4 more articles in the media than Farmland Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 3 mentions for Farmland Partners. Farmland Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Farmland Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalBridge Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Farmland Partners	3 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 DBRG or FPI?

DigitalBridge Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.28, indicating a potential upside of 52.49%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Farmland Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
Farmland Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Farmland Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.