City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) and SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, CIO or SITC?

City Office REIT has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SITE Centers has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CIO or SITC more profitable?

SITE Centers has a net margin of 164.10% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -5.56%. SITE Centers' return on equity of 34.20% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City Office REIT	-5.56%	-1.48%	-0.65%
SITE Centers	164.10%	34.20%	19.41%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CIO or SITC?

67.5% of City Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of SITE Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of City Office REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CIO or SITC?

In the previous week, City Office REIT had 1 more articles in the media than SITE Centers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for City Office REIT and 1 mentions for SITE Centers. City Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat SITE Centers' score of -0.33 indicating that City Office REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
City Office REIT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SITE Centers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CIO or SITC?

SITE Centers has higher revenue and earnings than City Office REIT. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SITE Centers, 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
City Office REIT	$173.53M	1.19	-$2.68M	-$0.42	-12.29
SITE Centers	$539.46M	1.50	$265.70M	$13.67	1.13

Do analysts prefer CIO or SITC?

SITE Centers has a consensus price target of $36.04, suggesting a potential upside of 133.63%. Given SITE Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than City Office REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
City Office REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SITE Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIO or SITC?

City Office REIT received 258 more outperform votes than SITE Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave City Office REIT an outperform vote while only 32.22% of users gave SITE Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City Office REIT	Outperform Votes 287 59.30%	Underperform Votes 197 40.70%
SITE Centers	Outperform Votes 29 32.22%	Underperform Votes 61 67.78%

Is CIO or SITC a better dividend stock?

City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. City Office REIT pays out -95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SITE Centers pays out 7.6% 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. City Office REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

SITE Centers beats City Office REIT on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.