Picton Property Income (PCTN) Competitors

Picton Property Income (LON:PCTN) and Secure Income REIT (LON:SIR) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Is PCTN or SIR a better dividend stock?

Picton Property Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Secure Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Picton Property Income pays out -40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Secure Income REIT pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Picton Property Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor PCTN or SIR?

In the previous week, Picton Property Income had 3 more articles in the media than Secure Income REIT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Picton Property Income and 0 mentions for Secure Income REIT. Picton Property Income's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Secure Income REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Picton Property Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Picton Property Income	Neutral
Secure Income REIT	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PCTN or SIR?

74.0% of Picton Property Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Picton Property Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PCTN or SIR?

Secure Income REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Picton Property Income. Picton Property Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure 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
Picton Property Income	£54.69M	6.86	-£4.79M	-£0.01	-6,870.00
Secure Income REIT	£122.40M	12.20	N/A	£0.62	743.55

Is PCTN or SIR more profitable?

Secure Income REIT has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Picton Property Income's net margin of -8.76%. Secure Income REIT's return on equity of 0.00% beat Picton Property Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Picton Property Income	-8.76%	-0.89%	2.49%
Secure Income REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCTN or SIR?

Picton Property Income received 19 more outperform votes than Secure Income REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Picton Property Income an outperform vote while only 68.90% of users gave Secure Income REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Picton Property Income	Outperform Votes 132 72.13%	Underperform Votes 51 27.87%
Secure Income REIT	Outperform Votes 113 68.90%	Underperform Votes 51 31.10%

Summary

Picton Property Income beats Secure Income REIT on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.