Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE – Get Free Report) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Urban Edge Properties and Alpine Income Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Urban Edge Properties | 13.72% | 4.92% | 2.03% |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | 9.36% | 2.11% | 0.91% |
Risk & Volatility
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Urban Edge Properties and Alpine Income Property Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Urban Edge Properties | $471.93 million | 5.54 | $93.54 million | $0.54 | 38.36 |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | $60.53 million | 5.38 | -$2.66 million | $0.19 | 97.29 |
Urban Edge Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Urban Edge Properties 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.
Dividends
Urban Edge Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Urban Edge Properties pays out 155.6% 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 631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Urban Edge Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Alpine Income Property Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Urban Edge Properties and Alpine Income Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Urban Edge Properties | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Alpine Income Property Trust | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2.82 |
Urban Edge Properties currently has a consensus price target of $23.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.25%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.30%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Urban Edge Properties.
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Urban Edge Properties
Urban Edge Properties is a NYSE listed real estate investment trust focused on owning, managing, acquiring, developing, and redeveloping retail real estate in urban communities, primarily in the Washington, D.C. to Boston corridor. Urban Edge owns 76 properties totaling 17.1 million square feet of gross leasable area.
About Alpine Income Property Trust
Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and dependable cash dividends by investing in, owning and operating a portfolio of single tenant net leased properties that are predominately leased to high-quality publicly traded and credit-rated tenants.
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