Picton Property Income (PCTN) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, SIR or PCTN?

Picton Property Income has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Secure Income REIT. Secure Income REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Picton Property Income, 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
Secure Income REIT	£122.40M	0.00	N/A	£0.62	N/A
Picton Property Income	£54.17M	7.25	£8.03M	£1.49	48.66

Does the media prefer SIR or PCTN?

In the previous week, Picton Property Income had 2 more articles in the media than Secure Income REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Picton Property Income and 0 mentions for Secure Income REIT. Picton Property Income's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Secure Income REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Picton Property Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Secure Income REIT	Neutral
Picton Property Income	Positive

Is SIR or PCTN a better dividend stock?

Secure Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share. Picton Property Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Secure Income REIT pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Picton Property Income pays out 268.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is SIR or PCTN more profitable?

Picton Property Income has a net margin of 14.83% compared to Secure Income REIT's net margin of 0.00%. Picton Property Income's return on equity of 1.55% beat Secure Income REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Income REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A
Picton Property Income	14.83%	1.55%	2.49%

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

74.0% of Picton Property Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Picton Property Income shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SIR or PCTN?

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

Summary

Picton Property Income beats Secure Income REIT on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.