Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC) Competitors

Retail Opportunity Investments (NASDAQ:ROIC) and NNN REIT (NYSE:NNN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Is ROIC or NNN more profitable?

NNN REIT has a net margin of 45.63% compared to Retail Opportunity Investments' net margin of 17.38%. NNN REIT's return on equity of 9.37% beat Retail Opportunity Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Retail Opportunity Investments	17.38%	4.32%	1.96%
NNN REIT	45.63%	9.37%	4.52%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ROIC or NNN?

NNN REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Retail Opportunity Investments. NNN REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Retail Opportunity Investments, 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
Retail Opportunity Investments	$336.79M	6.64	$34.53M	$0.46	37.76
NNN REIT	$867.02M	8.71	$392.34M	$2.16	18.65

Do analysts rate ROIC or NNN?

Retail Opportunity Investments presently has a consensus target price of $16.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.93%. NNN REIT has a consensus target price of $45.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.83%. Given NNN REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NNN REIT is more favorable than Retail Opportunity Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Retail Opportunity Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
NNN REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ROIC or NNN?

97.2% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of NNN REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of NNN REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ROIC or NNN a better dividend stock?

Retail Opportunity Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. NNN REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Retail Opportunity Investments pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NNN REIT pays out 107.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NNN REIT has raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years. NNN REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROIC or NNN?

NNN REIT received 135 more outperform votes than Retail Opportunity Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave NNN REIT an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Retail Opportunity Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Retail Opportunity Investments	Outperform Votes 327 53.78%	Underperform Votes 281 46.22%
NNN REIT	Outperform Votes 462 63.90%	Underperform Votes 261 36.10%

Does the media prefer ROIC or NNN?

In the previous week, Retail Opportunity Investments had 4 more articles in the media than NNN REIT. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Retail Opportunity Investments and 5 mentions for NNN REIT. Retail Opportunity Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat NNN REIT's score of 0.25 indicating that Retail Opportunity Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Retail Opportunity Investments	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NNN REIT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ROIC or NNN?

Retail Opportunity Investments has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NNN REIT has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NNN REIT beats Retail Opportunity Investments on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.