Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE) Competitors

Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AC or PINE?

Associated Capital Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alpine Income Property Trust. Associated Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpine Income 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
Associated Capital Group	$13.18M	60.09	$44.33M	$1.79	20.93
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23M	3.97	$2.07M	$0.08	181.63

Do analysts prefer AC or PINE?

Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus price target of $18.97, suggesting a potential upside of 30.57%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Associated Capital Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Associated Capital Group	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)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is AC or PINE more profitable?

Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 310.55% compared to Alpine Income Property Trust's net margin of 2.13%. Associated Capital Group's return on equity of 4.24% beat Alpine Income Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Associated Capital Group	310.55%	4.24%	4.02%
Alpine Income Property Trust	2.13%	0.42%	0.19%

Which has more risk & volatility, AC or PINE?

Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 88.7% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AC or PINE a better dividend stock?

Associated Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Associated Capital Group pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 1,425.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Does the media prefer AC or PINE?

In the previous week, Alpine Income Property Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Associated Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alpine Income Property Trust and 2 mentions for Associated Capital Group. Alpine Income Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Associated Capital Group's score of 1.07 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
Associated Capital Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alpine Income Property Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Associated Capital Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.