CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) vs. InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) Financial Contrast

InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) and CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares InvenTrust Properties and CTO Realty Growth’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InvenTrust Properties	4.80%	0.85%	0.53%
CTO Realty Growth	32.63%	8.90%	4.05%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for InvenTrust Properties and CTO Realty Growth, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InvenTrust Properties	0	2	4	1	2.86
CTO Realty Growth	0	0	5	2	3.29

InvenTrust Properties presently has a consensus target price of $35.14, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. CTO Realty Growth has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.78%. Given CTO Realty Growth’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than InvenTrust Properties.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares InvenTrust Properties and CTO Realty Growth”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InvenTrust Properties	$299.17 million	8.41	$111.42 million	$0.20	161.30
CTO Realty Growth	$149.54 million	5.35	$10.09 million	$1.36	15.69

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

Dividends

InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. InvenTrust Properties pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CTO Realty Growth pays out 111.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InvenTrust Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. CTO Realty Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

CTO Realty Growth beats InvenTrust Properties on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InvenTrust Properties

InvenTrust Properties Corp. (the “Company,” “IVT,” or “InvenTrust”) is a premier Sun Belt, multi-tenant essential retail REIT that owns, leases, redevelops, acquires and manages grocery-anchored neighborhood and community centers as well as high-quality power centers that often have a grocery component. Management pursues the Company’s business strategy by acquiring retail properties in Sun Belt markets, opportunistically disposing of retail properties, maintaining a flexible capital structure, and enhancing environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices and standards. A trusted, local operator bringing real estate expertise to its tenant relationships, IVT has built a strong reputation with market participants across its portfolio. IVT is committed to leadership in ESG practices and has been a Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”) member since 2013.

About CTO Realty Growth

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and operates a portfolio of high-quality, retail-based properties located primarily in higher growth markets in the United States. CTO also externally manages and owns a meaningful interest in Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE), a publicly traded net lease REIT.