Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLRP) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) Financial Survey

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLRP) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$69.87 million	5.04	-$2.66 million	$0.19	105.14
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust	$99.10 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Alpine Income Property Trust and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	4	5	2	2.82
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

Alpine Income Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.62%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	9.36%	2.11%	0.91%
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust

Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning and operating income-producing retail properties with a primary focus on grocery-anchored centers.