Evergreen (EVGR) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate LAND or EVGR?

Gladstone Land presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.64%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Evergreen.

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
Evergreen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LAND or EVGR more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 15.59% compared to Evergreen's net margin of 0.00%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 1.89% beat Evergreen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Land	15.59%	1.89%	0.99%
Evergreen	N/A	-31.43%	4.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAND or EVGR?

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

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LAND or EVGR?

53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Evergreen shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.2% of Evergreen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LAND or EVGR?

Gladstone Land has higher revenue and earnings than Evergreen. Gladstone Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergreen, 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
Gladstone Land	$85.22M	4.71	$14.56M	-$0.29	-38.27
Evergreen	N/A	N/A	$3.67M	$0.28	42.74

Does the media refer more to LAND or EVGR?

In the previous week, Gladstone Land had 9 more articles in the media than Evergreen. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Gladstone Land and 1 mentions for Evergreen. Gladstone Land's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Evergreen's score of 0.00 indicating that Gladstone Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Land	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evergreen	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Gladstone Land beats Evergreen on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.