Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) Financial Contrast

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -325.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FrontView REIT pays out -104.9% 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 raised 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of FrontView REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and FrontView REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	-8.86%	-1.96%	-0.81%
FrontView REIT	-32.21%	-4.25%	-2.57%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Alpine Income Property Trust and FrontView REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	1	3	2	0	2.17
FrontView REIT	2	3	1	0	1.83

Alpine Income Property Trust presently has a consensus price target of $17.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.79%. FrontView REIT has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.11%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than FrontView REIT.

Volatility & Risk

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and FrontView REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23 million	4.54	$2.07 million	($0.35)	-47.83
FrontView REIT	$66.68 million	4.82	-$22.21 million	($0.82)	-18.09

Alpine Income Property Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FrontView REIT. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FrontView REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats FrontView REIT on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alpine Income Property Trust

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and dependable cash dividends by investing in, owning and operating a portfolio of single tenant net leased properties that are predominately leased to high-quality publicly traded and credit-rated tenants.

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.