Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) Head-To-Head Survey

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SBA Communications pays out 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBA Communications has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23 million	4.43	$2.92 million	$0.14	115.86
SBA Communications	$2.66 billion	8.32	$501.81 million	$6.34	32.46

SBA Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. SBA Communications 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Alpine Income Property Trust and SBA Communications, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	2	7	0	2.78
SBA Communications	0	4	9	2	2.87

Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.68%. SBA Communications has a consensus target price of $252.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.58%. Given SBA Communications’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Alpine Income Property Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and SBA Communications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	3.96%	0.76%	0.36%
SBA Communications	25.76%	-13.13%	6.83%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned 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

SBA Communications beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 13 of the 17 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 SBA Communications

SBA Communications Corporation is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure including towers, buildings, rooftops, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells. With a portfolio of more than 39,000 communications sites throughout the Americas, Africa and in Asia, SBA is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol SBAC. Our organization is part of the S&P 500 and is one of the top Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by market capitalization.