Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE) Competitors

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, PINE or PBT?

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PINE or PBT?

In the previous week, Alpine Income Property Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Permian Basin Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alpine Income Property Trust and 1 mentions for Permian Basin Royalty Trust. Permian Basin Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Alpine Income Property Trust's score of 0.67 indicating that Permian Basin Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alpine Income Property Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	1 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 prefer PINE or PBT?

Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus price target of $18.42, indicating a potential upside of 25.16%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Permian Basin Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PINE or PBT a better dividend stock?

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -2,280.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays out 52.8% 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. Alpine Income Property Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PINE or PBT?

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Permian Basin Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PINE or PBT?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Basin Royalty 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
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23M	3.99	$2.07M	-$0.05	-294.30
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	$18.41M	45.04	$25.42M	$0.36	49.43

Is PINE or PBT more profitable?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a net margin of 89.90% compared to Alpine Income Property Trust's net margin of -1.24%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust's return on equity of 9,737.65% beat Alpine Income Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	-1.24%	-0.26%	-0.11%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	89.90%	9,737.65%	647.25%

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Permian Basin Royalty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.