Orchid Island Capital (ORC) Competitors

Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, ORC or OUT?

Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ORC or OUT a better dividend stock?

Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.4%. OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. 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. OUTFRONT Media pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend ORC or OUT?

Orchid Island Capital currently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.47%. OUTFRONT Media has a consensus price target of $19.37, indicating a potential upside of 25.45%. Given Orchid Island Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Orchid Island Capital is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orchid Island Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
OUTFRONT Media	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is ORC or OUT more profitable?

OUTFRONT Media has a net margin of 13.30% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of 40.33% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orchid Island Capital	N/A	-2.01%	-0.23%
OUTFRONT Media	13.30%	40.33%	4.54%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ORC or OUT?

32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of OUTFRONT Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ORC or OUT?

Orchid Island Capital received 4 more outperform votes than OUTFRONT Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.37% of users gave Orchid Island Capital an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orchid Island Capital	Outperform Votes 294 60.37%	Underperform Votes 193 39.63%
OUTFRONT Media	Outperform Votes 290 57.77%	Underperform Votes 212 42.23%

Does the media prefer ORC or OUT?

In the previous week, Orchid Island Capital had 6 more articles in the media than OUTFRONT Media. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Orchid Island Capital and 4 mentions for OUTFRONT Media. OUTFRONT Media's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Orchid Island Capital's score of 0.10 indicating that OUTFRONT Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orchid Island Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OUTFRONT Media	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ORC or OUT?

Orchid Island Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OUTFRONT Media. OUTFRONT Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchid Island Capital, 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
Orchid Island Capital	$54.41M	12.11	$37.78M	$0.40	17.66
OUTFRONT Media	$1.83B	1.41	-$430.40M	$1.47	10.50

Summary

OUTFRONT Media beats Orchid Island Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.