Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) Competitors

Stratus Properties (NASDAQ:STRS) and Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STRS or OPI?

Office Properties Income Trust received 37 more outperform votes than Stratus Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.82% of users gave Stratus Properties an outperform vote while only 47.81% of users gave Office Properties Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stratus Properties	Outperform Votes 83 48.82%	Underperform Votes 87 51.18%
Office Properties Income Trust	Outperform Votes 120 47.81%	Underperform Votes 131 52.19%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of STRS or OPI?

61.6% of Stratus Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Stratus Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STRS or OPI more profitable?

Stratus Properties has a net margin of 3.33% compared to Office Properties Income Trust's net margin of -27.11%. Stratus Properties' return on equity of 0.54% beat Office Properties Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stratus Properties	3.33%	0.54%	0.31%
Office Properties Income Trust	-27.11%	-10.86%	-3.56%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, STRS or OPI?

Stratus Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Office Properties Income Trust. Office Properties Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stratus Properties, 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
Stratus Properties	$54.18M	2.58	-$14.81M	$0.24	72.17
Office Properties Income Trust	$501.98M	0.06	-$136.11M	-$2.20	-0.21

Do analysts recommend STRS or OPI?

Office Properties Income Trust has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,447.65%. Given Office Properties Income Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Office Properties Income Trust is more favorable than Stratus Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stratus Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Office Properties Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, STRS or OPI?

Stratus Properties has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Office Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to STRS or OPI?

In the previous week, Stratus Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Office Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Stratus Properties and 0 mentions for Office Properties Income Trust. Office Properties Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Stratus Properties' score of 1.11 indicating that Office Properties Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Stratus Properties	Positive
Office Properties Income Trust	Very Positive

Summary

Stratus Properties beats Office Properties Income Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.