Reviewing Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR)

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Xenia Hotels & Resorts and Alpine Income Property Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	$1.04 billion	1.47	$16.14 million	$0.56	28.74
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	4.96	-$2.66 million	($0.23)	-86.57

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Alpine Income Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xenia Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -495.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xenia Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Alpine Income Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Alpine Income Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Xenia Hotels & Resorts and Alpine Income Property Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	1	2	3	0	2.33
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	3	4	2	2.89

Xenia Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.01%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $19.92, indicating a potential upside of 0.03%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Xenia Hotels & Resorts.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Xenia Hotels & Resorts and Alpine Income Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	5.24%	4.50%	1.97%
Alpine Income Property Trust	-4.39%	-1.00%	-0.41%

Risk & Volatility

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Xenia Hotels & Resorts beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xenia Hotels & Resorts

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of investment in luxury and upper upscale hotels and resorts. It also owns a diversified portfolio of lodging properties operated by Marriott, Kimpton, Hyatt, Aston, Fairmong, and Loews. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

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.