CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust (NYSE:CORR) & Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) Head to Head Analysis

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust (NYSE:CORR) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust and Rayonier’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust	$133.65 million	0.10	-$12.76 million	N/A	N/A
Rayonier	$828.63 million	5.41	$107.08 million	$0.55	55.02

Rayonier has higher revenue and earnings than CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust.

Profitability

This table compares CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust and Rayonier’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust	-19.11%	2.49%	0.55%
Rayonier	9.77%	2.55%	1.28%

Risk & Volatility

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

8.3% of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Rayonier shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Rayonier shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust and Rayonier, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
Rayonier	0	2	0	0	2.00

Rayonier has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.01%. Given Rayonier’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rayonier is more favorable than CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust.

Summary

Rayonier beats CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CORR, CORRPrA) is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates or leases regulated natural gas transmission and distribution lines and crude oil gathering, storage and transmission pipelines and associated rights-of-way.

About Rayonier

Rayonier is a leading timberland real estate investment trust with assets located in some of the most productive softwood timber growing regions in the United States and New Zealand. As of June 30, 2023, Rayonier owned or leased under long-term agreements approximately 2.8 million acres of timberlands located in the U.S. South (1.91 million acres), U.S. Pacific Northwest (474,000 acres) and New Zealand (419,000 acres).