InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) & Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) Head to Head Analysis

InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares InvenTrust 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
InvenTrust Properties	$299.17 million	9.22	$111.42 million	$1.41	25.09
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	5.86	-$2.66 million	$0.19	105.99

InvenTrust Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. InvenTrust 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.

Profitability

This table compares InvenTrust Properties and Alpine Income Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InvenTrust Properties	35.66%	6.10%	3.95%
Alpine Income Property Trust	9.36%	2.11%	0.91%

Risk and Volatility

InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. InvenTrust Properties pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. InvenTrust Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Alpine Income Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for InvenTrust Properties and Alpine Income Property Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InvenTrust Properties	0	1	5	1	3.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	4	5	2	2.82

InvenTrust Properties currently has a consensus target price of $35.14, indicating a potential downside of 0.65%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.76%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than InvenTrust Properties.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

InvenTrust Properties beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InvenTrust Properties

InvenTrust Properties Corp. (the “Company,” “IVT,” or “InvenTrust”) is a premier Sun Belt, multi-tenant essential retail REIT that owns, leases, redevelops, acquires and manages grocery-anchored neighborhood and community centers as well as high-quality power centers that often have a grocery component. Management pursues the Company’s business strategy by acquiring retail properties in Sun Belt markets, opportunistically disposing of retail properties, maintaining a flexible capital structure, and enhancing environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices and standards. A trusted, local operator bringing real estate expertise to its tenant relationships, IVT has built a strong reputation with market participants across its portfolio. IVT is committed to leadership in ESG practices and has been a Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”) member since 2013.

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.