Cofinimmo (OTCMKTS:CFMOF) & Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) Critical Comparison

Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) and Cofinimmo (OTCMKTS:CFMOF) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Broadstone Net Lease and Cofinimmo”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Broadstone Net Lease	$454.14 million	8.93	$96.50 million	$0.76	27.80
Cofinimmo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Broadstone Net Lease has higher revenue and earnings than Cofinimmo.

Profitability

This table compares Broadstone Net Lease and Cofinimmo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadstone Net Lease	30.61%	4.83%	2.54%
Cofinimmo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Broadstone Net Lease and Cofinimmo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadstone Net Lease	0	4	7	0	2.64
Cofinimmo	0	0	0	0	0.00

Broadstone Net Lease presently has a consensus target price of $22.78, suggesting a potential upside of 7.80%. Given Broadstone Net Lease’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Broadstone Net Lease is more favorable than Cofinimmo.

Summary

Broadstone Net Lease beats Cofinimmo on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Broadstone Net Lease

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. (the Corporation) is a Maryland corporation formed on October 18, 2007, that elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2008. Broadstone Net Lease, LLC (the Corporation’s operating company, or the OP), is the entity through which the Corporation conducts its business and owns (either directly or through subsidiaries) all of the Corporation’s properties. The Corporation is the sole managing member of the OP. The membership units not owned by the Corporation are referred to as OP Units or non-controlling interests. As the Corporation conducts substantially all of its operations through the OP, it is structured as what is referred to as an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT). The Corporation’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BNL.

About Cofinimmo

Cofinimmo has been acquiring, developing and managing rental properties for 40 years. The company has a portfolio spread across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom, with a value of approximately 6.2 billion EUR. Responding to societal changes, Cofinimmo's mission is to provide high-quality care, living, and working spaces to partner-tenants that directly benefit their occupants. 'Caring, Living and Working – Together in Real Estate is the expression of this mission. Thanks to its expertise, Cofinimmo has built up a healthcare real estate portfolio of approximately 4.7 billion EUR in Europe. As an independent company applying the highest standards of corporate governance and sustainability, Cofinimmo offers tenant services and manages its portfolio through a team of approximately 155 employees in Brussels, Paris, Breda, Frankfurt and Madrid. Cofinimmo is listed on Euronext Brussels (BEL20) and benefits from the REIT system in Belgium (RREC), France (SIIC) and the Netherlands (FBI). Its activities are supervised by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian regulator.