Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and NNN REIT (NYSE:NNN) Financial Comparison

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NNN REIT	40.35%	8.70%	4.06%
Alpine Income Property Trust	9.36%	2.11%	0.91%

Dividends

NNN REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. NNN REIT pays out 121.6% 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 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. NNN REIT has increased its dividend for 35 consecutive years and Alpine Income Property Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Volatility & Risk

NNN REIT has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for NNN REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NNN REIT	2	9	3	0	2.07
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	4	5	2	2.82

NNN REIT currently has a consensus price target of $47.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than NNN REIT.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NNN REIT and Alpine Income Property Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NNN REIT	$926.21 million	9.36	$389.78 million	$2.04	22.13
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	5.67	-$2.66 million	$0.19	102.53

NNN REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. NNN REIT 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.0% of NNN REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NNN REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NNN REIT beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NNN REIT

NNN REIT invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned 3,532 properties in 49 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 36.0 million square feet and a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.1 years. NNN is one of only three publicly traded REITs to have increased annual dividends for 34 or more consecutive years.

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.