Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI) Head to Head Analysis

Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Transcontinental Realty Investors and Alpine Income Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transcontinental Realty Investors	6.55%	0.38%	0.30%
Alpine Income Property Trust	6.72%	1.23%	0.59%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Transcontinental Realty Investors and Alpine Income Property Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transcontinental Realty Investors	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	2	7	0	2.78

Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.38%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Transcontinental Realty Investors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Transcontinental Realty Investors and Alpine Income Property Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transcontinental Realty Investors	$49.90 million	N/A	$5.94 million	$0.37	75.70
Alpine Income Property Trust	$50.02 million	4.98	$2.92 million	$0.22	79.27

Transcontinental Realty Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alpine Income Property Trust. Transcontinental Realty Investors 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.

Risk & Volatility

Transcontinental Realty Investors has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 86.2% of Transcontinental Realty Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Transcontinental Realty Investors on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Transcontinental Realty Investors

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., a Dallas-based real estate investment company, holds a diverse portfolio of equity real estate located across the U.S., including office buildings, apartments, shopping centers, and developed and undeveloped land. The Company invests in real estate through direct ownership, leases and partnerships and invests in mortgage loans on real estate. The Company also holds mortgage receivables.

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.