Reviewing Generation Income Properties (NASDAQ:GIPRW) & Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL)

Generation Income Properties (NASDAQ:GIPRW) and Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Generation Income Properties and Broadstone Net Lease”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Generation Income Properties	$9.66 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Broadstone Net Lease	$425.82 million	8.07	$155.48 million	$0.96	19.00

Broadstone Net Lease has higher revenue and earnings than Generation Income Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Generation Income Properties and Broadstone Net Lease’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Generation Income Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A
Broadstone Net Lease	36.78%	4.86%	2.96%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Generation Income Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 171.0%. Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Broadstone Net Lease pays out 120.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Generation Income Properties and Broadstone Net Lease, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Generation Income Properties	0	0	0	0	N/A
Broadstone Net Lease	1	3	2	0	2.17

Broadstone Net Lease has a consensus price target of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.05%. Given Broadstone Net Lease’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Broadstone Net Lease is more favorable than Generation Income Properties.

Summary

Broadstone Net Lease beats Generation Income Properties on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Generation Income Properties

Generation Income Properties, Inc., located in Tampa, Florida, is an internally managed real estate investment trust formed to acquire and own, directly and jointly, real estate investments focused on retail, office, and industrial net lease properties in densely populated submarkets.

About Broadstone Net Lease

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. (the Corporation) is a Maryland corporation formed on October 18, 2007, that elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2008. Broadstone Net Lease, LLC (the Corporation’s operating company, or the OP), is the entity through which the Corporation conducts its business and owns (either directly or through subsidiaries) all of the Corporation’s properties. The Corporation is the sole managing member of the OP. The membership units not owned by the Corporation are referred to as OP Units or non-controlling interests. As the Corporation conducts substantially all of its operations through the OP, it is structured as what is referred to as an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT). The Corporation’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BNL.