Tejon Ranch (TRC) Competitors

Tejon Ranch (NYSE:TRC) and Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TRC or ALEX?

60.6% of Tejon Ranch shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Tejon Ranch shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, TRC or ALEX?

Tejon Ranch has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TRC or ALEX?

In the previous week, Tejon Ranch and Tejon Ranch both had 6 articles in the media. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Tejon Ranch's score of 0.38 indicating that Alexander & Baldwin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tejon Ranch	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alexander & Baldwin	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRC or ALEX?

Alexander & Baldwin received 198 more outperform votes than Tejon Ranch when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.32% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 58.51% of users gave Tejon Ranch an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tejon Ranch	Outperform Votes 141 58.51%	Underperform Votes 100 41.49%
Alexander & Baldwin	Outperform Votes 339 62.32%	Underperform Votes 205 37.68%

Do analysts prefer TRC or ALEX?

Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.30%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than Tejon Ranch.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tejon Ranch	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Alexander & Baldwin	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has better valuation and earnings, TRC or ALEX?

Alexander & Baldwin has higher revenue and earnings than Tejon Ranch. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tejon Ranch, 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
Tejon Ranch	$42.69M	10.28	$3.27M	$0.09	181.39
Alexander & Baldwin	$229.18M	5.52	$29.80M	$0.85	20.45

Is TRC or ALEX more profitable?

Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 19.64% compared to Tejon Ranch's net margin of -0.57%. Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity of 5.93% beat Tejon Ranch's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tejon Ranch	-0.57%	-0.05%	-0.04%
Alexander & Baldwin	19.64%	5.93%	3.62%

Summary

Alexander & Baldwin beats Tejon Ranch on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.