Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer NXRT or PINE?

NexPoint Residential Trust currently has a consensus target price of $46.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.26%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $19.28, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Given NexPoint Residential Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NexPoint Residential Trust is more favorable than Alpine Income Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexPoint Residential Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alpine Income Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more volatility & risk, NXRT or PINE?

NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

76.6% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to NXRT or PINE?

In the previous week, Alpine Income Property Trust had 1 more articles in the media than NexPoint Residential Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alpine Income Property Trust and 5 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Alpine Income Property Trust's score of 1.04 indicating that NexPoint Residential Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NexPoint Residential Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Alpine Income Property Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NXRT or PINE?

NexPoint Residential Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. NexPoint Residential 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
NexPoint Residential Trust	$259.70M	3.58	$44.26M	-$0.01	-3,640.90
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23M	4.57	$2.07M	$0.14	117.75

Is NXRT or PINE more profitable?

NexPoint Residential Trust has a net margin of 17.54% compared to Alpine Income Property Trust's net margin of 3.96%. NexPoint Residential Trust's return on equity of 9.54% beat Alpine Income Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexPoint Residential Trust	17.54%	9.54%	2.29%
Alpine Income Property Trust	3.96%	0.76%	0.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NXRT or PINE?

NexPoint Residential Trust received 162 more outperform votes than Alpine Income Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Alpine Income Property Trust an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave NexPoint Residential Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NexPoint Residential Trust	Outperform Votes 204 56.82%	Underperform Votes 155 43.18%
Alpine Income Property Trust	Outperform Votes 42 65.63%	Underperform Votes 22 34.38%

Is NXRT or PINE a better dividend stock?

NexPoint Residential Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. NexPoint Residential Trust pays out -20,400.0% 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.

Summary

NexPoint Residential Trust beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.