Clipper Realty (NYSE:CLPR) & SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) Financial Contrast

Clipper Realty (NYSE:CLPR) and SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

37.6% of Clipper Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of SITE Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 50.8% of Clipper Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Clipper Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Clipper Realty pays out -152.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SITE Centers pays out 5.3% 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. Clipper Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Volatility and Risk

Clipper Realty has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SITE Centers has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Clipper Realty and SITE Centers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clipper Realty	0	0	0	0	0.00
SITE Centers	0	7	2	0	2.22

SITE Centers has a consensus target price of $35.25, suggesting a potential upside of 193.75%. Given SITE Centers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than Clipper Realty.

Profitability

This table compares Clipper Realty and SITE Centers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clipper Realty	-1.68%	-85.95%	-0.20%
SITE Centers	164.10%	34.20%	19.41%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clipper Realty and SITE Centers”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clipper Realty	$148.78 million	0.39	-$2.50 million	($0.25)	-14.48
SITE Centers	$277.47 million	2.27	$265.70 million	$9.74	1.23

SITE Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Clipper Realty. Clipper Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SITE Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

SITE Centers beats Clipper Realty on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Clipper Realty

Clipper Realty Inc. (NYSE: CLPR) is a self-administered and self-managed real estate company that acquires, owns, manages, operates, and repositions multifamily residential and commercial properties in the New York metropolitan area, with a portfolio in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

About SITE Centers

SITE Centers is an owner and manager of open-air shopping centers located in suburban, high household income communities. The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT operating as a fully integrated real estate company, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SITC.