Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE) Competitors

Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to PGRE or PINE?

In the previous week, Alpine Income Property Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Paramount Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alpine Income Property Trust and 4 mentions for Paramount Group. Paramount Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Alpine Income Property Trust's score of 1.15 indicating that Paramount Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paramount Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alpine Income Property Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PGRE or PINE?

Paramount Group received 178 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 47.92% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paramount Group	Outperform Votes 219 47.92%	Underperform Votes 238 52.08%
Alpine Income Property Trust	Outperform Votes 41 65.08%	Underperform Votes 22 34.92%

Do analysts prefer PGRE or PINE?

Paramount Group currently has a consensus price target of $4.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.66%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus price target of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.18%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Paramount Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is PGRE or PINE a better dividend stock?

Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Paramount Group pays out -66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 814.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is PGRE or PINE more profitable?

Alpine Income Property Trust has a net margin of 3.96% compared to Paramount Group's net margin of -27.92%. Alpine Income Property Trust's return on equity of 0.76% beat Paramount Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Group	-27.92%	-5.26%	-2.69%
Alpine Income Property Trust	3.96%	0.76%	0.36%

Which has more volatility and risk, PGRE or PINE?

Paramount Group has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PGRE or PINE?

Alpine Income Property Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Group. Paramount Group 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
Paramount Group	$757.45M	1.24	-$259.74M	-$0.21	-20.50
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23M	4.70	$2.07M	$0.14	119.38

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PGRE or PINE?

65.6% of Paramount Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Paramount Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Paramount Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.