Orchid Island Capital (ORC) Competitors

Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FCPT or ORC?

Four Corners Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Orchid Island Capital. Orchid Island Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Four Corners Property Trust, 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
Four Corners Property Trust	$273.08M	10.13	$100.47M	$1.07	25.72
Orchid Island Capital	$52.24M	14.67	$37.78M	$0.40	17.54

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FCPT or ORC?

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FCPT or ORC?

In the previous week, Four Corners Property Trust had 7 more articles in the media than Orchid Island Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust and 6 mentions for Orchid Island Capital. Four Corners Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Orchid Island Capital's score of 0.84 indicating that Four Corners Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Orchid Island Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FCPT or ORC?

Four Corners Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Four Corners Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Four Corners Property Trust is more favorable than Orchid Island Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Orchid Island Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is FCPT or ORC a better dividend stock?

Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.5%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 132.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Orchid Island Capital pays out 360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Four Corners Property Trust has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Orchid Island Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, FCPT or ORC?

Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCPT or ORC?

Orchid Island Capital received 35 more outperform votes than Four Corners Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.12% of users gave Orchid Island Capital an outperform vote while only 50.78% of users gave Four Corners Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 259 50.78%	Underperform Votes 251 49.22%
Orchid Island Capital	Outperform Votes 294 60.12%	Underperform Votes 195 39.88%

Is FCPT or ORC more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.48% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.54% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.48%	7.54%	3.95%
Orchid Island Capital	N/A	-2.01%	-0.23%

Summary

Four Corners Property Trust beats Orchid Island Capital on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.