Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI) & Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) Critical Survey

Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) and Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Mackenzie Realty Capital and Office Properties Income Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mackenzie Realty Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
Office Properties Income Trust	1	0	0	1	2.50

Office Properties Income Trust has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.73%. Given Office Properties Income Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Office Properties Income Trust is more favorable than Mackenzie Realty Capital.

Profitability

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and Office Properties Income Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mackenzie Realty Capital	-90.30%	-18.99%	-7.07%
Office Properties Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

64.4% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mackenzie Realty Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and Office Properties Income Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mackenzie Realty Capital	$22.06 million	0.17	-$25.92 million	($6.15)	-0.27
Office Properties Income Trust	$466.97 million	3.02	N/A	N/A	N/A

Office Properties Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Mackenzie Realty Capital.

Summary

Office Properties Income Trust beats Mackenzie Realty Capital on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mackenzie Realty Capital

MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is a REIT which focused on investing in multifamily housing and office real estate properties located principally in the United States. MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is based in ORINDA, Calif.

About Office Properties Income Trust

Office Properties Income Trust is a real estate investment trust. It owns, operates, and leases office buildings to single tenants and multi-tenant buildings. The company was founded on February 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.