Head-To-Head Review: FrontView REIT (FVR) and The Competition

FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) is one of 85 public companies in the “Retail REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare FrontView REIT to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares FrontView REIT and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FrontView REIT	2.10%	0.29%	0.17%
FrontView REIT Competitors	30.28%	5.98%	3.22%

Risk and Volatility

FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FrontView REIT’s competitors have a beta of 0.89, indicating that their average share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for FrontView REIT and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FrontView REIT	0	4	7	2	2.85
FrontView REIT Competitors	962	3964	3439	135	2.32

FrontView REIT currently has a consensus target price of $21.72, indicating a potential upside of 15.46%. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies have a potential upside of 10.54%. Given FrontView REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FrontView REIT is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

59.3% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of FrontView REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares FrontView REIT and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FrontView REIT	$69.27 million	-$3.83 million	627.10
FrontView REIT Competitors	$823.69 million	$253.68 million	26.68

FrontView REIT’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than FrontView REIT. FrontView REIT is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. FrontView REIT pays out 2,866.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 232.4% and pay out 78.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. FrontView REIT lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

FrontView REIT competitors beat FrontView REIT on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

FrontView REIT Company Profile

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.