Farmland Partners (FPI) Competitors

Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) and Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend FPI or LAND?

Gladstone Land has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.17%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Farmland Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Farmland Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gladstone Land	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has better valuation & earnings, FPI or LAND?

Farmland Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gladstone Land. Gladstone Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmland Partners, 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
Farmland Partners	$58.23M	8.37	$59.91M	$1.22	8.90
Gladstone Land	$85.22M	3.87	$13.29M	-$0.25	-36.44

Is FPI or LAND more profitable?

Farmland Partners has a net margin of 127.59% compared to Gladstone Land's net margin of 18.14%. Farmland Partners' return on equity of 14.18% beat Gladstone Land's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Farmland Partners	127.59%	14.18%	8.06%
Gladstone Land	18.14%	2.14%	1.13%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FPI or LAND?

58.0% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FPI or LAND a better dividend stock?

Farmland Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Farmland Partners pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Land pays out -224.0% 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. Gladstone Land has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Gladstone Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer FPI or LAND?

In the previous week, Farmland Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Gladstone Land. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Farmland Partners and 1 mentions for Gladstone Land. Farmland Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Gladstone Land's score of 0.00 indicating that Farmland Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Farmland Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gladstone Land	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 more volatility & risk, FPI or LAND?

Farmland Partners has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Farmland Partners beats Gladstone Land on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.