Head to Head Review: Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE)

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Apple Hospitality REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	5.28	-$2.66 million	($0.23)	-84.83
Apple Hospitality REIT	$1.41 billion	2.09	$175.36 million	$0.74	16.86

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

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Apple Hospitality REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	-4.39%	-1.00%	-0.41%
Apple Hospitality REIT	12.42%	5.50%	3.56%

Risk & Volatility

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Alpine Income Property Trust and Apple Hospitality REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	3	4	3	3.00
Apple Hospitality REIT	0	5	3	0	2.38

Alpine Income Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $20.21, suggesting a potential upside of 3.60%. Apple Hospitality REIT has a consensus target price of $12.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.33%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Apple Hospitality REIT.

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out -521.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 129.7% 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 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Apple Hospitality REIT beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Apple Hospitality REIT

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of upscale, rooms-focused hotels in the United States. Apple Hospitality's portfolio consists of 223 hotels with more than 29,400 guest rooms located in 87 markets throughout 37 states as well as one property leased to third parties. Concentrated with industry-leading brands, the Company's hotel portfolio consists of 99 Marriott-branded hotels, 119 Hilton-branded hotels and five Hyatt-branded hotels.