Reviewing JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) & Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI)

Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI) and JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Office Properties Income Trust and JBG SMITH Properties”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Office Properties Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JBG SMITH Properties	$508.41 million	1.33	-$139.06 million	($2.61)	-4.41

Office Properties Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JBG SMITH Properties.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Office Properties Income Trust and JBG SMITH Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Office Properties Income Trust	1	0	0	1	2.50
JBG SMITH Properties	3	0	0	0	1.00

Office Properties Income Trust presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.18%. JBG SMITH Properties has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 44.88%. Given JBG SMITH Properties’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JBG SMITH Properties is more favorable than Office Properties Income Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Office Properties Income Trust and JBG SMITH Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Office Properties Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
JBG SMITH Properties	-29.89%	-13.31%	-3.49%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

64.4% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Office Properties Income Trust beats JBG SMITH Properties on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Office Properties Income Trust

Office Properties Income Trust is a real estate investment trust. It owns, operates, and leases office buildings to single tenants and multi-tenant buildings. The company was founded on February 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

About JBG SMITH Properties

JBG SMITH Properties is a real estate investment trust, which engages in owning, operating, investing in, and developing a portfolio of mixed-use properties. It operates through the following segments: Multifamily, Commercial, and Other. The Multifamily segment refers to the commercial buildings with public areas, retail spaces, and walkable streets. The Commercial segment rents to federal government tenants. The Other segment relates to development assets, corporate entities, land assets for which are the ground lessor and the elimination of inter-segment activity. The company was founded on October 27, 2016, and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.