Analyzing AMEN Properties (OTCMKTS:AMEN) and SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC)

SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) and AMEN Properties (OTCMKTS:AMEN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

SITE Centers has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMEN Properties has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SITE Centers and AMEN Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SITE Centers	164.10%	34.20%	19.41%
AMEN Properties	56.72%	41.59%	34.52%

Dividends

SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. AMEN Properties pays an annual dividend of $40.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. SITE Centers pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.7% of SITE Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of SITE Centers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of AMEN Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for SITE Centers and AMEN Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SITE Centers	0	7	2	0	2.22
AMEN Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

SITE Centers presently has a consensus target price of $35.25, suggesting a potential upside of 196.09%. Given SITE Centers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than AMEN Properties.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SITE Centers and AMEN Properties”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SITE Centers	$226.04 million	2.76	$265.70 million	$10.32	1.15
AMEN Properties	$3.68 million	7.24	$2.05 million	N/A	N/A

SITE Centers has higher revenue and earnings than AMEN Properties.

Summary

SITE Centers beats AMEN Properties on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About AMEN Properties

AMEN Properties, Inc. owns oil and gas royalty and working interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. It holds interests in oil gas and gas royalties through its ownership of SFF Royalty, LLC; and 100% interests in SFF Production, LLC. The company was formerly known as Crosswalk.com, Inc. and changed its name to AMEN Properties, Inc. in October 2002. AMEN Properties, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Richardson, Texas.