Farmland Partners (FPI) Competitors

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DBRG or FPI?

92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Farmland Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DBRG or FPI?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 3 more articles in the media than Farmland Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 2 mentions for Farmland Partners. Farmland Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.82 indicating that Farmland Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalBridge Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Farmland Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DBRG or FPI?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Farmland Partners. Farmland Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, 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
DigitalBridge Group	$607.03M	2.64	$185.28M	$0.03	306.17
Farmland Partners	$58.23M	8.60	$30.91M	$1.00	10.92

Which has more volatility and risk, DBRG or FPI?

DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmland Partners has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DBRG or FPI a better dividend stock?

DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Farmland Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Farmland Partners pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmland Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is DBRG or FPI more profitable?

Farmland Partners has a net margin of 102.89% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 10.98%. Farmland Partners' return on equity of 11.47% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%
Farmland Partners	102.89%	11.47%	5.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DBRG or FPI?

Farmland Partners received 218 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.71% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave Farmland Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 39 55.71%	Underperform Votes 31 44.29%
Farmland Partners	Outperform Votes 257 55.27%	Underperform Votes 208 44.73%

Do analysts rate DBRG or FPI?

DigitalBridge Group currently has a consensus price target of $16.61, indicating a potential upside of 80.85%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Farmland Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
Farmland Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Farmland Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.