City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

Noah (NYSE:NOAH) and City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is NOAH or CIO more profitable?

Noah has a net margin of 26.81% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -5.56%. Noah's return on equity of 7.15% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Noah	26.81%	7.15%	5.81%
City Office REIT	-5.56%	-1.48%	-0.65%

Do analysts rate NOAH or CIO?

Noah currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Noah's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Noah is more favorable than City Office REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
City Office REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NOAH or CIO?

Noah has higher revenue and earnings than City Office REIT. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noah, 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
Noah	$291.18M	2.66	$142.18M	$1.36	8.60
City Office REIT	$179.10M	1.10	-$2.68M	-$0.42	-11.73

Is NOAH or CIO a better dividend stock?

Noah pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Noah pays out 76.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City Office REIT pays out -95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOAH or CIO?

City Office REIT received 25 more outperform votes than Noah when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave City Office REIT an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave Noah an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Noah	Outperform Votes 262 57.71%	Underperform Votes 192 42.29%
City Office REIT	Outperform Votes 287 59.30%	Underperform Votes 197 40.70%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NOAH or CIO?

42.7% of Noah shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of City Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of Noah shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of City Office REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, NOAH or CIO?

Noah has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City Office REIT has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NOAH or CIO?

In the previous week, City Office REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Noah. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for City Office REIT and 0 mentions for Noah. City Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Noah's score of 0.00 indicating that City Office REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Noah	Neutral
City Office REIT	Positive

Summary

Noah beats City Office REIT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.