Hunt Companies Finance Trust (HCFT) Competitors

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Hunt Companies Finance Trust (NYSE:HCFT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, PINE or HCFT?

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hunt Companies Finance Trust has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PINE or HCFT?

Hunt Companies Finance Trust received 38 more outperform votes than Alpine Income Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.08% of users gave Alpine Income Property Trust an outperform vote while only 64.23% of users gave Hunt Companies Finance Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpine Income Property Trust	Outperform Votes 41 65.08%	Underperform Votes 22 34.92%
Hunt Companies Finance Trust	Outperform Votes 79 64.23%	Underperform Votes 44 35.77%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PINE or HCFT?

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hunt Companies Finance Trust shares are held 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 recommend PINE or HCFT?

Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus price target of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.45%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Hunt Companies Finance Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Hunt Companies Finance Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PINE or HCFT more profitable?

Hunt Companies Finance Trust has a net margin of 21.24% compared to Alpine Income Property Trust's net margin of 6.72%. Hunt Companies Finance Trust's return on equity of 7.51% beat Alpine Income Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	6.72%	1.23%	0.59%
Hunt Companies Finance Trust	21.24%	7.51%	1.30%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PINE or HCFT?

Hunt Companies Finance Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Hunt Companies Finance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpine Income Property 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
Alpine Income Property Trust	$50.02M	4.68	$2.92M	$0.22	74.50
Hunt Companies Finance Trust	$39.06M	1.76	$6.25M	$0.32	8.59

Is PINE or HCFT a better dividend stock?

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Hunt Companies Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 509.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hunt Companies Finance Trust pays out 106.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hunt Companies Finance Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor PINE or HCFT?

In the previous week, Alpine Income Property Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Hunt Companies Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alpine Income Property Trust and 0 mentions for Hunt Companies Finance Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hunt Companies Finance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Alpine Income Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpine Income Property Trust	Positive
Hunt Companies Finance Trust	Neutral

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust and Hunt Companies Finance Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.