Gladstone Land (LAND) Competitors

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

Is LAND or SILA a better dividend stock?

Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Sila Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.6%. Gladstone Land pays out -193.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer LAND or SILA?

In the previous week, Sila Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Gladstone Land. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sila Realty Trust and 1 mentions for Gladstone Land. Sila Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Gladstone Land's score of 0.84 indicating that Sila Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Land	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sila Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is LAND or SILA more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 15.59% compared to Sila Realty Trust's net margin of 12.11%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 1.89% beat Sila Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Land	15.59%	1.89%	0.99%
Sila Realty Trust	12.11%	1.54%	1.09%

Which has better earnings & valuation, LAND or SILA?

Sila Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Land.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Land	$85.22M	4.43	$14.56M	-$0.29	-36.00
Sila Realty Trust	$186.86M	8.04	$24.04M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate LAND or SILA?

Gladstone Land presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.47%. Sila Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $28.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.20%. Given Gladstone Land's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Sila Realty Trust.

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
Sila Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LAND or SILA?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LAND or SILA?

Gladstone Land received 356 more outperform votes than Sila Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Sila Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 69.23% of users gave Gladstone Land an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gladstone Land	Outperform Votes 360 69.23%	Underperform Votes 160 30.77%
Sila Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Sila Realty Trust beats Gladstone Land on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.