City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) and Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, CIO or SBR?

City Office REIT has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabine Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CIO or SBR a better dividend stock?

City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Sabine Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $5.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. City Office REIT pays out -111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sabine Royalty Trust pays out 85.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer CIO or SBR?

In the previous week, City Office REIT had 15 more articles in the media than Sabine Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for City Office REIT and 0 mentions for Sabine Royalty Trust. Sabine Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat City Office REIT's score of -0.29 indicating that Sabine Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
City Office REIT	Neutral
Sabine Royalty Trust	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, CIO or SBR?

Sabine Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than City Office REIT. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabine Royalty Trust, 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	$175.37M	1.16	-$2.68M	-$0.36	-14.11
Sabine Royalty Trust	$93.82M	N/A	$90.25M	$6.12	9.89

Is CIO or SBR more profitable?

Sabine Royalty Trust has a net margin of 96.63% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -4.02%. Sabine Royalty Trust's return on equity of 1,098.84% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City Office REIT	-4.02%	-1.07%	-0.47%
Sabine Royalty Trust	96.63%	1,098.84%	930.38%

Do analysts rate CIO or SBR?

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)	N/A
Sabine Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CIO or SBR?

67.5% of City Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Sabine Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of City Office REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CIO or SBR?

Sabine Royalty Trust received 31 more outperform votes than City Office REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.18% of users gave Sabine Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave City Office REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City Office REIT	Outperform Votes 287 59.30%	Underperform Votes 197 40.70%
Sabine Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 318 75.18%	Underperform Votes 105 24.82%

Summary

Sabine Royalty Trust beats City Office REIT on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.