Gladstone Land (LAND) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend LAND or DBRG?

Gladstone Land presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.16%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $16.39, suggesting a potential upside of 101.09%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Gladstone Land.

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
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LAND or DBRG?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Land. Gladstone Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, 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	4.16	$14.56M	-$0.29	-33.79
DigitalBridge Group	$607.03M	2.34	$185.28M	$0.03	271.67

Does the media favor LAND or DBRG?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 5 more articles in the media than Gladstone Land. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 3 mentions for Gladstone Land. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Gladstone Land's score of 1.29 indicating that DigitalBridge Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Land	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DigitalBridge Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LAND or DBRG a better dividend stock?

Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Gladstone Land pays out -193.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, LAND or DBRG?

Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LAND or DBRG?

Gladstone Land received 320 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.23% of users gave Gladstone Land an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gladstone Land	Outperform Votes 360 69.23%	Underperform Votes 160 30.77%
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 40 56.34%	Underperform Votes 31 43.66%

Is LAND or DBRG more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 15.59% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 10.98%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 4.29% beat Gladstone Land's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Land	15.59%	1.89%	0.99%
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%

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

53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Gladstone Land on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.