City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO – Get Free Report) and Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Risk and Volatility
City Office REIT has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medalist Diversified REIT has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares City Office REIT and Medalist Diversified REIT”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| City Office REIT | $171.13 million | 1.64 | -$17.68 million | ($3.17) | -2.19 |
| Medalist Diversified REIT | $9.73 million | 1.57 | $30,000.00 | ($1.81) | -7.62 |
Medalist Diversified REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than City Office REIT. Medalist Diversified REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City Office REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for City Office REIT and Medalist Diversified REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| City Office REIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Medalist Diversified REIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
67.5% of City Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of City Office REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.8% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares City Office REIT and Medalist Diversified REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| City Office REIT | -74.21% | -21.71% | -9.19% |
| Medalist Diversified REIT | -21.19% | -7.87% | -2.37% |
About City Office REIT
City Office REIT is an internally-managed real estate company focused on acquiring, owning and operating high-quality office properties located predominantly in Sun Belt markets. City Office currently owns or has a controlling interest in 5.7 million square feet of office properties. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
About Medalist Diversified REIT
Medalist Diversified REIT Inc. is a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring, owning and managing commercial real estate in the Southeast region of the U.S. The Company's strategy is to focus on commercial real estate which is expected to provide an attractive balance of risk and returns. Medalist utilizes a rigorous, consistent and replicable process for sourcing and conducting due diligence of acquisitions.
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