Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LANDP – Get Free Report) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Gladstone Land and OUTFRONT Media”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Gladstone Land | $88.48 million | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| OUTFRONT Media | $1.83 billion | 2.91 | $147.00 million | $1.39 | 21.74 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Gladstone Land and OUTFRONT Media, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Gladstone Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| OUTFRONT Media | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
OUTFRONT Media has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.51%. Given OUTFRONT Media’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OUTFRONT Media is more favorable than Gladstone Land.
Profitability
This table compares Gladstone Land and OUTFRONT Media’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Gladstone Land | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| OUTFRONT Media | 12.66% | 37.44% | 4.65% |
Dividends
Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. OUTFRONT Media pays out 86.3% 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
OUTFRONT Media beats Gladstone Land on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Gladstone Land
Founded in 1997, Gladstone Land is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that acquires and owns farmland and farm-related properties located in major agricultural markets in the U.S. and leases its properties to unrelated third-party farmers. The Company, which reports the aggregate fair value of its farmland holdings on a quarterly basis, currently owns 169 farms, comprised of approximately 116,000 acres in 15 different states and over 45,000 acre-feet of banked water in California, valued at a total of approximately $1.6 billion. Gladstone Land's farms are predominantly located in regions where its tenants are able to grow fresh produce annual row crops, such as berries and vegetables, which are generally planted and harvested annually. The Company also owns farms growing permanent crops, such as almonds, apples, cherries, figs, lemons, olives, pistachios, and other orchards, as well as blueberry groves and vineyards, which are generally planted every 20-plus years and harvested annually. Approximately 40% of the Company's fresh produce acreage is either organic or in transition to become organic, and over 10% of its permanent crop acreage falls into this category. The Company may also acquire property related to farming, such as cooling facilities, processing buildings, packaging facilities, and distribution centers. Gladstone Land pays monthly distributions to its stockholders and has paid 129 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock since its initial public offering in January 2013. The Company has increased its common distributions 32 times over the prior 35 quarters, and the current per-share distribution on its common stock is $0.0464 per month, or $0.5568 per year.
About OUTFRONT Media
OUTFRONT Media, Inc. leases advertising space on out-of-home advertising structures and sites. Its inventory consists of billboard displays, which are primarily located on the most heavily traveled highways & roadways, and transit advertising displays operated under exclusive multi-year contracts with municipalities in large cities across the U.S. and Canada. It operates through the U.S. Media and other segments. The U.S. Media segment includes U.S. Billboard and Transit. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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