Financial Contrast: Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) versus Global Medical REIT (NYSE:GMRE)

Global Medical REIT (NYSE:GMRE) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Global Medical REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Medical REIT	3.23%	0.86%	0.35%
Alpine Income Property Trust	3.96%	0.76%	0.36%

Dividends

Global Medical REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Global Medical REIT pays out 8,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 1,425.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpine Income Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Global Medical REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Medical REIT	0	2	2	0	2.50
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	2	6	0	2.75

Global Medical REIT presently has a consensus target price of $10.44, suggesting a potential upside of 52.82%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $19.31, suggesting a potential upside of 27.43%. Given Global Medical REIT’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Global Medical REIT is more favorable than Alpine Income Property Trust.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Global Medical REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Medical REIT	$138.41 million	3.30	$20.61 million	$0.01	683.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	$53.97 million	4.01	$2.07 million	$0.08	189.38

Global Medical REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Medical REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Global Medical REIT has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Global Medical REIT on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global Medical REIT

Global Medical REIT Inc. (GMRE) is a net-lease medical office real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and acquires healthcare facilities and leases those facilities to physician groups and regional and national healthcare systems.

About Alpine Income Property Trust

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and dependable cash dividends by investing in, owning and operating a portfolio of single tenant net leased properties that are predominately leased to high-quality publicly traded and credit-rated tenants.