Head to Head Survey: Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & Region Group (OTCMKTS:SCPAF)

Region Group (OTCMKTS:SCPAF) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Region Group pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Region Group pays out 63.6% 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. Alpine Income Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Region Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Region Group and Alpine Income Property Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Region Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.17	8.96
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	5.68	-$2.66 million	$0.19	102.68

Region Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alpine Income Property Trust. Region Group 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 Region Group and Alpine Income Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Region Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alpine Income Property Trust	9.36%	2.11%	0.91%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.7% of Region Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Region Group and Alpine Income Property Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Region Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	4	5	2	2.82

Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Region Group.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Region Group on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Region Group

Region Group (RGN) includes two internally managed real estate investment trusts owning a portfolio of convenience-based retail properties located across Australia. Region invests in retail properties predominantly anchored by non-discretionary retailers, with long leases to tenants such as Woolworths Limited, Coles Limited and companies in the Wesfarmers Limited group. Region Group comprises two registered managed investment schemes, Region Management Trust (ARSN 160 612 626) and Region Retail Trust (ARSN 160 612 788). The security in each Trust are stapled to form the stapled listed vehicle, Region Group (ASX: RGN), formerly known as SCA Property Group (ASX: SCP).

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.