Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM) Competitors

Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is FCPT or PLYM a better dividend stock?

Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 132.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Four Corners Property Trust has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Plymouth Industrial REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate FCPT or PLYM?

Four Corners Property Trust presently has a consensus price target of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.79%. Plymouth Industrial REIT has a consensus price target of $21.10, suggesting a potential upside of 27.34%. Given Plymouth Industrial REIT's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plymouth Industrial REIT is more favorable than Four Corners Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Plymouth Industrial REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the media favor FCPT or PLYM?

In the previous week, Four Corners Property Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Plymouth Industrial REIT. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust and 4 mentions for Plymouth Industrial REIT. Plymouth Industrial REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Four Corners Property Trust's score of 0.64 indicating that Plymouth Industrial REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plymouth Industrial REIT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCPT or PLYM?

Four Corners Property Trust received 227 more outperform votes than Plymouth Industrial REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.78% of users gave Four Corners Property Trust an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Plymouth Industrial REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 259 50.78%	Underperform Votes 251 49.22%
Plymouth Industrial REIT	Outperform Votes 32 44.44%	Underperform Votes 40 55.56%

Is FCPT or PLYM more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.48% compared to Plymouth Industrial REIT's net margin of 0.46%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.54% beat Plymouth Industrial REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.48%	7.54%	3.95%
Plymouth Industrial REIT	0.46%	0.20%	0.06%

Which has more risk and volatility, FCPT or PLYM?

Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FCPT or PLYM?

Four Corners Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Plymouth Industrial REIT. Plymouth Industrial REIT 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Four Corners Property Trust	$273.08M	10.22	$100.47M	$1.07	25.97
Plymouth Industrial REIT	$193.70M	3.90	$13.66M	$3.05	5.43

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FCPT or PLYM?

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Four Corners Property Trust beats Plymouth Industrial REIT on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.