Cartica Acquisition (CITE) Competitors

Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) and Cartica Acquisition (NASDAQ:CITE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate LAND or CITE?

Gladstone Land currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.14%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Cartica Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gladstone Land	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cartica Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LAND or CITE?

Gladstone Land received 360 more outperform votes than Cartica Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gladstone Land	Outperform Votes 360 69.50%	Underperform Votes 158 30.50%
Cartica Acquisition	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer LAND or CITE?

In the previous week, Gladstone Land had 11 more articles in the media than Cartica Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Gladstone Land and 0 mentions for Cartica Acquisition. Gladstone Land's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Cartica Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Gladstone Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Land	Positive
Cartica Acquisition	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, LAND or CITE?

Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cartica Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LAND or CITE?

Gladstone Land has higher revenue and earnings than Cartica Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Land	$90.40M	4.43	$14.56M	-$0.26	-42.54
Cartica Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is LAND or CITE more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 16.45% compared to Cartica Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 2.05% beat Cartica Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Land	16.45%	2.05%	1.07%
Cartica Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LAND or CITE?

53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.2% of Cartica Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Gladstone Land shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.1% of Cartica Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Gladstone Land beats Cartica Acquisition on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.