Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP) Competitors

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

Is NLOP or DBRG more profitable?

DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Net Lease Office Properties' net margin of -122.90%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 4.29% beat Net Lease Office Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Net Lease Office Properties	-122.90%	-30.16%	-17.58%
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%

Do analysts prefer NLOP or DBRG?

Net Lease Office Properties currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.43%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $16.39, suggesting a potential upside of 79.41%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Net Lease Office Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Net Lease Office Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NLOP or DBRG?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Net Lease Office Properties. Net Lease Office Properties 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
Net Lease Office Properties	$142.25M	3.29	-$131.75M	-$6.19	-5.11
DigitalBridge Group	$607.03M	2.63	$185.28M	$0.03	304.50

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

58.3% of Net Lease Office Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NLOP or DBRG?

DigitalBridge Group received 34 more outperform votes than Net Lease Office Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Net Lease Office Properties an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Net Lease Office Properties	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 40 56.34%	Underperform Votes 31 43.66%

Is NLOP or DBRG a better dividend stock?

Net Lease Office Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Net Lease Office Properties pays out -5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Net Lease Office Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, NLOP or DBRG?

Net Lease Office Properties has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NLOP or DBRG?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 8 more articles in the media than Net Lease Office Properties. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 2 mentions for Net Lease Office Properties. Net Lease Office Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.83 indicating that Net Lease Office Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Net Lease Office Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DigitalBridge Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Net Lease Office Properties on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.