Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI – Get Free Report) and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:IIPZF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Dividends
Office Properties Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Office Properties Income Trust pays out -0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
64.4% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Office Properties Income Trust | $501.98 million | 0.04 | -$136.11 million | ($4.90) | -0.05 |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | $179.73 million | 7.43 | -$113.59 million | ($0.90) | -10.62 |
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Office Properties Income Trust. InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Office Properties Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Office Properties Income Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Office Properties Income Trust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 |
Risk and Volatility
Office Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Office Properties Income Trust and InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Office Properties Income Trust | -62.99% | -25.56% | -8.02% |
| InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust | -74.48% | -7.71% | -4.37% |
Summary
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust beats Office Properties Income Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Office Properties Income Trust
Office Properties Income Trust is a real estate investment trust. It owns, operates, and leases office buildings to single tenants and multi-tenant buildings. The company was founded on February 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.
About InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust
InterRent?REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust engaged in increasing Unitholder value and creating a growing and sustainable distribution?through the acquisition and ownership of multi-residential properties. InterRent’s strategy is to expand its portfolio primarily within?markets that have exhibited stable market vacancies,?sufficient suites available to attain the critical mass necessary to implement?an efficient portfolio management structure, and?offer opportunities for accretive acquisitions. InterRent’s primary objectives are to use the proven industry experience of the Trustees,?Management and Operational Team to: (i)?to grow both funds from operations per Unit and net asset value per Unit through investments in a diversified portfolio of multi-residential properties; (ii)?to provide Unitholders with sustainable and growing cash distributions, payable monthly; and (iii)?to maintain a conservative payout ratio and balance sheet.
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