Head to Head Analysis: Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (NASDAQ:ILPT) & AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT)

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (NASDAQ:ILPT) and AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.1% of Industrial Logistics Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Industrial Logistics Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Industrial Logistics Properties Trust pays out -2.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Profitability

This table compares Industrial Logistics Properties Trust and AG Mortgage Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust	-23.33%	-9.31%	-1.87%
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	20.19%	9.70%	0.46%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Industrial Logistics Properties Trust and AG Mortgage Investment Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust	0	1	1	0	2.50
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	0	1	3	0	2.75

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 168.10%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus target price of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.46%. Given Industrial Logistics Properties Trust’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Industrial Logistics Properties Trust is more favorable than AG Mortgage Investment Trust.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Industrial Logistics Properties Trust and AG Mortgage Investment Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust	$440.70 million	0.56	-$107.99 million	($1.57)	-2.38
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	$260.33 million	0.75	$53.78 million	$2.28	2.88

AG Mortgage Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Industrial Logistics Properties Trust. Industrial Logistics Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AG Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

AG Mortgage Investment Trust beats Industrial Logistics Properties Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (Nasdaq: ILPT) is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on owning and leasing high quality distribution and logistics properties. As of December 31, 2023, ILPT's portfolio consisted of 411 properties containing approximately 60 million rentable square feet located in 39 states. Approximately 77% of ILPT's annualized rental revenues as of December 31, 2023 are derived from investment grade tenants, tenants that are subsidiaries of investment grade rated entities or Hawaii land leases. ILPT is managed by The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company with over $41 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023 and more than 35 years of institutional experience in buying, selling, financing and operating commercial real estate. ILPT is headquartered in Newton, MA.

About AG Mortgage Investment Trust

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. operates as a residential mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States. Its investment portfolio includes residential investments, including non-agency loans, agency-eligible loans, re-and non-performing loans, and non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, as well as commercial loans and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.