Comparing Fermi (NASDAQ:FRMI) & Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND)

Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) and Fermi (NASDAQ:FRMI) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Gladstone Land and Fermi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Land	-6.68%	-0.87%	-0.48%
Fermi	N/A	-109.36%	-71.38%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Gladstone Land and Fermi, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gladstone Land	1	2	0	1	2.25
Fermi	1	3	7	2	2.77

Gladstone Land currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.30%. Fermi has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 263.21%. Given Fermi’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fermi is more favorable than Gladstone Land.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Gladstone Land and Fermi”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Land	$88.34 million	3.96	$13.53 million	($0.61)	-13.30
Fermi	N/A	N/A	-$486.38 million	($1.14)	-4.99

Gladstone Land has higher revenue and earnings than Fermi. Gladstone Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fermi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Gladstone Land beats Fermi on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gladstone Land

Founded in 1997, Gladstone Land is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that acquires and owns farmland and farm-related properties located in major agricultural markets in the U.S. and leases its properties to unrelated third-party farmers. The Company, which reports the aggregate fair value of its farmland holdings on a quarterly basis, currently owns 169 farms, comprised of approximately 116,000 acres in 15 different states and over 45,000 acre-feet of banked water in California, valued at a total of approximately $1.6 billion. Gladstone Land’s farms are predominantly located in regions where its tenants are able to grow fresh produce annual row crops, such as berries and vegetables, which are generally planted and harvested annually. The Company also owns farms growing permanent crops, such as almonds, apples, cherries, figs, lemons, olives, pistachios, and other orchards, as well as blueberry groves and vineyards, which are generally planted every 20-plus years and harvested annually. Approximately 40% of the Company’s fresh produce acreage is either organic or in transition to become organic, and over 10% of its permanent crop acreage falls into this category. The Company may also acquire property related to farming, such as cooling facilities, processing buildings, packaging facilities, and distribution centers. Gladstone Land pays monthly distributions to its stockholders and has paid 129 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock since its initial public offering in January 2013. The Company has increased its common distributions 32 times over the prior 35 quarters, and the current per-share distribution on its common stock is $0.0464 per month, or $0.5568 per year.

About Fermi

Fermi’s mission is to power the artificial intelligence (“AI”) needs of tomorrow. We are an advanced energy and hyperscaler development company purpose-built for the AI era. Our mission is to deliver up to 11 gigawatts (“GW”) of low-carbon, HyperRedundant™, and on-demand power directly to the world’s most compute-intensive businesses with 1.1 GW of power projected to be online by the end of 2026. We have entered into a long-term lease on a site large enough to simultaneously house the next three largest data center campuses by square footage currently in existence. In a world in which power is considered a key currency for AI innovation, we believe that Fermi has a unique combination of important advantages that will help propel America’s AI economy forward. Fermi offers investors an opportunity to invest in AI growth and grid-independent energy infrastructure through a tax-efficient public REIT structure. At the heart of our vision is the Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus at Texas Tech University (“Project Matador”), which is a multi-gigawatt energy and data center development campus designed to support the accelerating needs of to-be-built AI infrastructure. Situated on a 5,236-acre site in Amarillo, Texas, Project Matador is secured by Fermi pursuant to a 99-year Ground Lease Agreement on land owned by the Texas Tech University System (as amended, the “Lease”), which we believe will provide long-term site control and potential efficiencies through a partnership with a public university. We believe our HyperRedundant™ site is strategically located adjacent to one of the largest known natural gas fields in the United States that is (i) within a high-radiance solar corridor, (ii) well-positioned for advanced nuclear development and (iii) supportive of multiple energy pathways including near-term natural gas power development. While Fermi’s mission is to expand beyond natural gas-fired generation, we believe our ready access to large volumes of natural gas from adjacent pipeline infrastructure could enable us to scale up to 11 GW of natural gas-fired base load power generation over time. Beyond natural gas-fired generation, our Combined License Application (“COL Application”) for 4 GW of nuclear power has undergone a preliminary review and has been accepted for processing by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the “NRC”), which reinforces Project Matador’s readiness for low-carbon baseload generation beyond natural gas-fired generation. With existing water, fiber, and natural gas infrastructure readily accessible, we believe Fermi is uniquely-positioned to deploy an integrated mix of natural gas, nuclear and solar energy power to enable grid-independent, high-density computing power on the Project Matador Site. Through a combination of natural gas turbine purchases, a focus on procuring other long lead-time equipment, and negotiations with Southwestern Public Service Company (“SPS”), the local utility, we expect to secure approximately 1.1 GW of power for our operations by the end of 2026 (including an expected 200 megawatts (“MW”) from our expected contractual arrangement with SPS). We believe this rapid power delivery timeline is a critical differentiator that will allow Fermi to attract tenants that require near-term access to large-scale, reliable energy to power their AI data center compute needs. Project Matador is in close proximity to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (the “DOE”) Pantex Plant (the “Pantex Plant”), the nation’s primary nuclear weapons center, which employs approximately 4,600 skilled nuclear professionals. Our proximity to the Pantex Plant offers us the opportunity to access a highly experienced workforce steeped in nuclear safety culture and expertise. We believe this proximity to critical United States nuclear and security infrastructure will be highly attractive to our prospective tenants. With key regulatory approvals in progress, growing stakeholder relationships and energy infrastructure readiness, we believe that Project Matador represents unmatched, sector-defining potential to deliver up to 11 GW of power to on-site compute centers by 2038 through a redundant and flexible mix of natural gas, nuclear and solar energy power. Project Matador is expected to be anchored by what we believe would become the nation’s second-largest nuclear generation complex with capacity to house up to four AP1000 Pressurized Water Reactors developed by Westinghouse. Through our REIT structure, Fermi offers investors exposure to AI infrastructure growth and long-term, large-scale and reliable energy development in a tax-efficient public vehicle. Our principal executive offices are located in Amarillo, TX.