Farmland Partners (FPI) Competitors

Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) and Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

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

57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ABR or FPI?

Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Farmland Partners. Arbor Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmland Partners, 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
Arbor Realty Trust	$1.17B	1.82	$264.64M	$1.04	10.64
Farmland Partners	$58.23M	9.09	$59.91M	$1.02	11.28

Does the media prefer ABR or FPI?

In the previous week, Arbor Realty Trust had 13 more articles in the media than Farmland Partners. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust and 2 mentions for Farmland Partners. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Farmland Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arbor Realty Trust	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Farmland Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ABR or FPI a better dividend stock?

Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Farmland Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Farmland Partners pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is ABR or FPI more profitable?

Farmland Partners has a net margin of 107.24% compared to Arbor Realty Trust's net margin of 21.82%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 13.29% beat Farmland Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arbor Realty Trust	21.82%	13.29%	2.44%
Farmland Partners	107.24%	11.95%	6.49%

Do analysts recommend ABR or FPI?

Arbor Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $13.20, indicating a potential upside of 19.30%. Given Arbor Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Arbor Realty Trust is more favorable than Farmland Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arbor Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Farmland Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ABR or FPI?

Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% 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.

Summary

Arbor Realty Trust beats Farmland Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.