Alpine Income Property Trust (PINE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate NOAH or PINE?

Noah presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.72%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.94%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Noah.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NOAH or PINE?

Noah received 221 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 57.58% of users gave Noah an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Noah	Outperform Votes 262 57.58%	Underperform Votes 193 42.42%
Alpine Income Property Trust	Outperform Votes 41 65.08%	Underperform Votes 22 34.92%

Does the media refer more to NOAH or PINE?

In the previous week, Noah had 8 more articles in the media than Alpine Income Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Noah and 1 mentions for Alpine Income Property Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Noah's score of 0.24 indicating that Alpine Income Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Noah	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alpine Income Property Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is NOAH or PINE a better dividend stock?

Noah pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Noah pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Noah is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NOAH or PINE?

42.7% of Noah shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of Noah 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NOAH or PINE?

Noah has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NOAH or PINE more profitable?

Noah has a net margin of 23.53% compared to Alpine Income Property Trust's net margin of 6.72%. Noah's return on equity of 6.43% beat Alpine Income Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Noah	23.53%	6.43%	5.28%
Alpine Income Property Trust	6.72%	1.23%	0.59%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NOAH or PINE?

Noah has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Noah 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
Noah	$291.18M	2.90	$142.18M	$1.17	10.92
Alpine Income Property Trust	$45.64M	5.52	$2.92M	$0.22	80.32

Summary

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