Patria Investments (PAX) Competitors

Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Patria Investments (NYSE:PAX) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCPT or PAX?

Four Corners Property Trust received 242 more outperform votes than Patria Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.00% of users gave Patria Investments an outperform vote while only 50.69% of users gave Four Corners Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 256 50.69%	Underperform Votes 249 49.31%
Patria Investments	Outperform Votes 14 56.00%	Underperform Votes 11 44.00%

Is FCPT or PAX a better dividend stock?

Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Patria Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 132.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Patria Investments pays out 139.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Four Corners Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FCPT or PAX?

Patria Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Four Corners Property Trust. Four Corners Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patria Investments, 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
Four Corners Property Trust	$264.88M	10.27	$95.34M	$1.07	26.27
Patria Investments	$328.72M	2.32	$118.40M	$0.43	29.63

Do analysts rate FCPT or PAX?

Four Corners Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.86%. Patria Investments has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.89%. Given Patria Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Patria Investments is more favorable than Four Corners Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Patria Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FCPT or PAX more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.27% compared to Patria Investments' net margin of 19.68%. Patria Investments' return on equity of 34.00% beat Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.27%	7.68%	3.96%
Patria Investments	19.68%	34.00%	15.75%

Does the media prefer FCPT or PAX?

In the previous week, Four Corners Property Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Patria Investments. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust and 3 mentions for Patria Investments. Patria Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Four Corners Property Trust's score of 0.98 indicating that Patria Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Patria Investments	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FCPT or PAX?

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Patria Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.1% of Patria Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, FCPT or PAX?

Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patria Investments has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Four Corners Property Trust and Patria Investments tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.