CTO Realty Growth (CTO) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CTO or IVT?

In the previous week, CTO Realty Growth and CTO Realty Growth both had 3 articles in the media. CTO Realty Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat InvenTrust Properties' score of 0.60 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
InvenTrust Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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 7.7%. InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. CTO Realty Growth pays out 257.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InvenTrust Properties pays out 1,011.2% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CTO or IVT?

CTO Realty Growth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than InvenTrust Properties. 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	4.98	$5.53M	$0.59	33.43
InvenTrust Properties	$258.68M	8.64	$5.27M	$0.09	321.90

Is CTO or IVT more profitable?

CTO Realty Growth has a net margin of 17.10% compared to InvenTrust Properties' net margin of 2.52%. 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	2.52%	0.42%	0.27%

Which has more volatility and risk, CTO or IVT?

CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CTO or IVT?

67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CTO or IVT?

CTO Realty Growth currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.46%. InvenTrust Properties has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. Given InvenTrust Properties' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe InvenTrust Properties is more favorable than CTO Realty Growth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CTO Realty Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
InvenTrust Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

CTO Realty Growth beats InvenTrust Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.