Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AEI or AIRE?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	46.79	£3.02M	-£0.01	-33,000.00
Alternative Income REIT	£8.04M	6.91	£2.71M	£0.03	2,300.00

Does the media favor AEI or AIRE?

In the previous week, Alternative Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Alternative Income REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AEI or AIRE?

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

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AEI or AIRE?

33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Alternative Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Alternative Income REIT shares are owned by 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.

Is AEI or AIRE a better dividend stock?

abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Alternative Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -230,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, AEI or AIRE?

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

Is AEI or AIRE 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
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%
Alternative Income REIT	33.70%	4.06%	3.56%

Summary

Alternative Income REIT beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.