Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PBT or PINE?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	$18.41M	46.47	$25.42M	$0.36	51.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23M	3.95	$2.07M	-$0.05	-291.08

Do analysts recommend PBT or PINE?

Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus price target of $18.42, suggesting a potential upside of 26.54%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor PBT or PINE?

In the previous week, Alpine Income Property Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Permian Basin Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alpine Income Property Trust and 2 mentions for Permian Basin Royalty Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Permian Basin Royalty Trust's score of 1.60 indicating that Alpine Income Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Alpine Income Property Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is PBT or PINE 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
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	89.90%	9,737.65%	647.25%
Alpine Income Property Trust	-1.24%	-0.26%	-0.11%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PBT or PINE?

28.9% of Permian Basin Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust 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.

Is PBT or PINE a better dividend stock?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -2,280.0% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, PBT or PINE?

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

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Permian Basin Royalty Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.