UMH Properties (UMH) Competitors

UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) and Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, UMH or AIV?

UMH Properties has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UMH or AIV?

75.4% of UMH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of UMH Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UMH or AIV?

Apartment Investment and Management received 138 more outperform votes than UMH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Apartment Investment and Management an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave UMH Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UMH Properties	Outperform Votes 249 59.57%	Underperform Votes 169 40.43%
Apartment Investment and Management	Outperform Votes 387 60.00%	Underperform Votes 258 40.00%

Which has better earnings & valuation, UMH or AIV?

UMH Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UMH Properties, 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
UMH Properties	$240.55M	6.29	$8.01M	$0.03	611.33
Apartment Investment and Management	$208.68M	5.81	-$166.20M	-$0.74	-11.54

Does the media favor UMH or AIV?

In the previous week, UMH Properties had 7 more articles in the media than Apartment Investment and Management. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for UMH Properties and 2 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management. UMH Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Apartment Investment and Management's score of 0.00 indicating that UMH Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UMH Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apartment Investment and Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is UMH or AIV a better dividend stock?

UMH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Apartment Investment and Management pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. UMH Properties pays out 2,866.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apartment Investment and Management pays out -136.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apartment Investment and Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend UMH or AIV?

UMH Properties presently has a consensus price target of $21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 15.41%. Given UMH Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe UMH Properties is more favorable than Apartment Investment and Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UMH Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Apartment Investment and Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is UMH or AIV more profitable?

UMH Properties has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Apartment Investment and Management's net margin of -119.76%. UMH Properties' return on equity of 6.06% beat Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UMH Properties	11.81%	6.06%	1.92%
Apartment Investment and Management	-119.76%	-68.04%	-11.72%

Summary

UMH Properties beats Apartment Investment and Management on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.