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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the media prefer AIRE or AEI?

In the previous week, abrdn Equity Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Alternative Income REIT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust and 0 mentions for Alternative Income REIT. abrdn Equity Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Alternative Income REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Equity Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 8.5%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Alternative Income REIT pays out 195.0% 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 -4,961.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is AIRE or AEI more profitable?

Alternative Income REIT has a net margin of 29.84% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. Alternative Income REIT's return on equity of 3.60% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alternative Income REIT	29.84%	3.60%	3.56%
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AIRE or AEI?

24.2% of Alternative Income REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Alternative Income REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, AIRE or AEI?

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AIRE or AEI?

Alternative Income REIT has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Equity Income Trust. 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	£7.52M	7.17	£2.24M	£3.08	22.88
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	45.74	-£220.80K	-£0.46	-696.83

Summary

Alternative Income REIT beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.