Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NNN or ROIC?

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
NNN REIT	$869.27M	9.26	$396.83M	$2.15	19.96
Retail Opportunity Investments	$327.73M	6.89	$34.53M	$0.46	38.07

Is NNN or ROIC a better dividend stock?

NNN REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Retail Opportunity Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NNN REIT pays out 107.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 has increased 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 media prefer NNN or ROIC?

In the previous week, NNN REIT had 7 more articles in the media than Retail Opportunity Investments. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NNN REIT and 0 mentions for Retail Opportunity Investments. NNN REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Retail Opportunity Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that NNN REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NNN REIT	Positive
Retail Opportunity Investments	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NNN or ROIC?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, NNN or ROIC?

NNN REIT has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Retail Opportunity Investments has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NNN or ROIC more profitable?

NNN REIT has a net margin of 45.65% compared to Retail Opportunity Investments' net margin of 17.38%. NNN REIT's return on equity of 9.28% beat Retail Opportunity Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NNN REIT	45.65%	9.28%	4.51%
Retail Opportunity Investments	17.38%	4.32%	1.96%

Do analysts rate NNN or ROIC?

NNN REIT presently has a consensus price target of $44.54, indicating a potential upside of 3.76%. Retail Opportunity Investments has a consensus price target of $16.20, indicating a potential downside of 7.48%. Given NNN REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NNN REIT is more favorable than Retail Opportunity Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NNN REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15
Retail Opportunity Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NNN or ROIC?

NNN REIT received 138 more outperform votes than Retail Opportunity Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.61% of users gave NNN REIT an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave Retail Opportunity Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NNN REIT	Outperform Votes 465 63.61%	Underperform Votes 266 36.39%
Retail Opportunity Investments	Outperform Votes 327 52.83%	Underperform Votes 292 47.17%

Summary

NNN REIT beats Retail Opportunity Investments on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.