Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) Vs. FCPT, ROIC, WRE, RLJ, DRH, AAT, IVT, PGRE, BDN, and NXRT
Should you be buying Orchid Island Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orchid Island Capital include Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), American Assets Trust (AAT), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), Paramount Group (PGRE), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), and NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Orchid Island Capital vs.
Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.0%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 118.8% 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 -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Four Corners Property Trust has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Orchid Island Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Orchid Island Capital received 48 more outperform votes than Four Corners Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave Orchid Island Capital an outperform vote while only 51.91% of users gave Four Corners Property Trust an outperform vote.
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.
Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 42.15% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Orchid Island Capital's return on equity of 18.97% beat Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity.
92.5% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Four Corners Property Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Orchid Island Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust and 2 mentions for Orchid Island Capital. Four Corners Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Orchid Island Capital's score of -0.50 indicating that Four Corners Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Four Corners Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.17%. Orchid Island Capital has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 41.20%. Given Orchid Island Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Orchid Island Capital is more favorable than Four Corners Property Trust.
Summary
Four Corners Property Trust beats Orchid Island Capital on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) vs. Its Competitors
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