Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (PLAO) Competitors

Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (NASDAQ:PLAO) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Is FPI or PLAO more profitable?

Farmland Partners has a net margin of 127.59% compared to Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Farmland Partners' return on equity of 14.18% beat Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Farmland Partners	127.59%	14.18%	8.06%
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FPI or PLAO?

58.0% of Farmland Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Farmland Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FPI or PLAO?

In the previous week, Farmland Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Farmland Partners and 0 mentions for Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition. Farmland Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Farmland Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Farmland Partners	Positive
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FPI or PLAO?

Farmland Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Farmland Partners	$55.00M	8.66	$59.91M	$1.22	8.69
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Farmland Partners beats Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.