Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) Competitors

Alternative Income REIT (LON:AIRE) and abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AIRE or AEI?

Alternative Income REIT and abrdn Equity Income Trust both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alternative Income REIT	N/A	N/A
abrdn Equity Income Trust	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor AIRE or AEI?

In the previous week, Alternative Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Equity Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alternative Income REIT	Neutral
abrdn Equity Income Trust	Neutral

Is AIRE or AEI a better dividend stock?

Alternative Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Alternative Income REIT pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -230,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AIRE or AEI?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alternative Income REIT. abrdn Equity Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alternative Income REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alternative Income REIT	£8.04M	6.95	£2.71M	£0.03	2,315.33
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	45.14	£3.02M	-£0.01	-31,838.80

Is AIRE or AEI more profitable?

Alternative Income REIT has a net margin of 33.70% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. Alternative Income REIT's return on equity of 4.06% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alternative Income REIT	33.70%	4.06%	3.56%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AIRE or AEI?

24.2% of Alternative Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.9% of Alternative Income REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AIRE or AEI?

Alternative Income REIT has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alternative Income REIT beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.