Contrasting CTO Realty Growth (CTO) and Its Peers

CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) is one of 85 publicly-traded companies in the “Retail REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare CTO Realty Growth to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTO Realty Growth’s rivals have a beta of 0.88, indicating that their average share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of CTO Realty Growth 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CTO Realty Growth and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CTO Realty Growth	26.12%	7.15%	3.26%
CTO Realty Growth Competitors	31.33%	6.25%	3.34%

Dividends

CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. CTO Realty Growth pays out 133.3% 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 230.1% and pay out 78.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. CTO Realty Growth lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for CTO Realty Growth and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CTO Realty Growth	0	2	3	2	3.00
CTO Realty Growth Competitors	963	3975	3450	138	2.32

CTO Realty Growth currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.73%. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies have a potential upside of 8.76%. Given CTO Realty Growth’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CTO Realty Growth and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CTO Realty Growth	$149.54 million	$10.09 million	17.88
CTO Realty Growth Competitors	$816.04 million	$253.68 million	9.06

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

Summary

CTO Realty Growth rivals beat CTO Realty Growth on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About CTO Realty Growth

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and operates a portfolio of high-quality, retail-based properties located primarily in higher growth markets in the United States. CTO also externally manages and owns a meaningful interest in Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE), a publicly traded net lease REIT.