Analyzing Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI)

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

Risk and Volatility

Transcontinental Realty Investors has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 86.2% of Transcontinental Realty Investors 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Transcontinental Realty Investors and Alpine Income Property Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transcontinental Realty Investors	$46.33 million	5.28	$5.94 million	$0.37	76.54
Alpine Income Property Trust	$50.02 million	4.91	$2.92 million	$0.22	78.23

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.

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 recent recommendations 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 price target of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.85%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Transcontinental Realty Investors.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Transcontinental Realty Investors on 10 of the 14 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.