CTO Realty Growth (CTO) Competitors

CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) and InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CTO or IVT?

CTO Realty Growth currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. InvenTrust Properties has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.76%. Given CTO Realty Growth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than InvenTrust Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CTO Realty Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67
InvenTrust Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is CTO or IVT more profitable?

CTO Realty Growth has a net margin of 17.10% compared to InvenTrust Properties' net margin of 4.99%. CTO Realty Growth's return on equity of 4.04% beat InvenTrust Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CTO Realty Growth	17.10%	4.04%	1.92%
InvenTrust Properties	4.99%	0.83%	0.54%

Which has more risk and volatility, CTO or IVT?

CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTO or IVT?

CTO Realty Growth received 9 more outperform votes than InvenTrust Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 37.50% of users gave InvenTrust Properties an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave CTO Realty Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CTO Realty Growth	Outperform Votes 15 33.33%	Underperform Votes 30 66.67%
InvenTrust Properties	Outperform Votes 6 37.50%	Underperform Votes 10 62.50%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CTO or IVT?

67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CTO or IVT?

InvenTrust Properties has higher revenue and earnings than CTO Realty Growth. CTO Realty Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InvenTrust Properties, 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
CTO Realty Growth	$118.66M	4.81	$5.53M	-$0.22	-86.52
InvenTrust Properties	$273.97M	8.40	$13.66M	$0.18	164.97

Does the media prefer CTO or IVT?

In the previous week, CTO Realty Growth had 10 more articles in the media than InvenTrust Properties. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CTO Realty Growth and 5 mentions for InvenTrust Properties. CTO Realty Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat InvenTrust Properties' score of 0.78 indicating that CTO Realty Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CTO Realty Growth	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
InvenTrust Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CTO or IVT a better dividend stock?

CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. CTO Realty Growth pays out -690.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InvenTrust Properties pays out 505.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CTO Realty Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

CTO Realty Growth beats InvenTrust Properties on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.