Head to Head Analysis: Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ:GOOD) & Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:ARESF)

Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ:GOOD) and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:ARESF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gladstone Commercial and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Commercial	$147.58 million	3.70	$4.99 million	($0.22)	-61.64
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.96	4.99

Gladstone Commercial has higher revenue and earnings than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust. Gladstone Commercial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Gladstone Commercial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.0%. Gladstone Commercial pays out -545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Commercial has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Gladstone Commercial and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gladstone Commercial	0	1	1	0	2.50
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A

Gladstone Commercial presently has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.46%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of $12.38, indicating a potential upside of 159.43%. Given Artis Real Estate Investment Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Artis Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Gladstone Commercial.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Gladstone Commercial 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.

Profitability

This table compares Gladstone Commercial and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Commercial	2.82%	2.36%	0.36%
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Gladstone Commercial beats Artis Real Estate Investment Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gladstone Commercial

Gladstone Commercial Corporation is a real estate investment trust focused on acquiring, owning, and operating net leased industrial and office properties across the United States. Including payments through January 2024, Gladstone Commercial has paid 229 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock. Prior to paying distributions on a monthly basis, Gladstone Commercial paid five consecutive quarterly cash distributions. Gladstone Commercial has never skipped or deferred a distribution since its inception in 2003.

About Artis Real Estate Investment Trust

Artis is a diversified Canadian real estate investment trust with a portfolio of industrial, office and retail properties in Canada and the United States. Artis's vision is to build a best-in-class asset management and investment platform focused on growing net asset value per unit and distributions for investors through value investing in real estate.