B. Riley Financial (RILY) Competitors

B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ:RILY) and Net Lease Office Properties (NYSE:NLOP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Is RILY or NLOP more profitable?

B. Riley Financial has a net margin of -48.04% compared to Net Lease Office Properties' net margin of -122.90%. Net Lease Office Properties' return on equity of -30.16% beat B. Riley Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B. Riley Financial	-48.04%	-236.88%	-11.40%
Net Lease Office Properties	-122.90%	-30.16%	-17.58%

Do analysts recommend RILY or NLOP?

Net Lease Office Properties has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.68%. Given Net Lease Office Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Net Lease Office Properties is more favorable than B. Riley Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B. Riley Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Net Lease Office Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RILY or NLOP?

50.2% of B. Riley Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Net Lease Office Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 32.9% of B. Riley Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, RILY or NLOP?

B. Riley Financial has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Net Lease Office Properties has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RILY or NLOP?

B. Riley Financial received 177 more outperform votes than Net Lease Office Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Net Lease Office Properties an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave B. Riley Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B. Riley Financial	Outperform Votes 183 60.60%	Underperform Votes 119 39.40%
Net Lease Office Properties	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RILY or NLOP?

B. Riley Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Net Lease Office Properties. Net Lease Office Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B. Riley Financial, 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
B. Riley Financial	$1.44B	0.07	-$99.91M	-$27.77	-0.12
Net Lease Office Properties	$142.25M	2.96	-$131.75M	-$6.19	-4.60

Does the media favor RILY or NLOP?

In the previous week, B. Riley Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Net Lease Office Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for B. Riley Financial and 3 mentions for Net Lease Office Properties. B. Riley Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Net Lease Office Properties' score of 0.58 indicating that B. Riley Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
B. Riley Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Net Lease Office Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RILY or NLOP a better dividend stock?

B. Riley Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 60.4%. Net Lease Office Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. B. Riley Financial pays out -7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Net Lease Office Properties pays out -5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. B. Riley Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

B. Riley Financial beats Net Lease Office Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.