Critical Analysis: FrontView REIT (FVR) & Its Rivals

FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) is one of 85 publicly-traded companies in the “Retail REITs” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare FrontView REIT to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares FrontView REIT and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FrontView REIT	$69.27 million	N/A	590.67
FrontView REIT Competitors	$438.81 million	$86.32 million	27.32

FrontView REIT’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than FrontView REIT. FrontView REIT is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

59.2% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of FrontView REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for FrontView REIT and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FrontView REIT	0	4	7	2	2.85
FrontView REIT Competitors	958	3954	3431	132	2.32

FrontView REIT currently has a consensus target price of $21.72, indicating a potential upside of 22.59%. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies have a potential upside of 12.79%. Given FrontView REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe FrontView REIT is more favorable than its competitors.

Dividends

FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. FrontView REIT pays out 2,866.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 339.2% and pay out 77.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. FrontView REIT lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares FrontView REIT and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FrontView REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A
FrontView REIT Competitors	40.01%	6.03%	2.97%

Volatility & Risk

FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FrontView REIT’s competitors have a beta of 0.88, meaning that their average stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FrontView REIT competitors beat FrontView REIT on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.