Comparing Cofinimmo (OTCMKTS:CFMOF) & One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP)

One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) and Cofinimmo (OTCMKTS:CFMOF) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares One Liberty Properties and Cofinimmo”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
One Liberty Properties	$90.65 million	6.57	$29.61 million	$1.36	20.51
Cofinimmo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

One Liberty Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Cofinimmo.

Profitability

This table compares One Liberty Properties and Cofinimmo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
One Liberty Properties	36.11%	10.58%	4.26%
Cofinimmo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for One Liberty Properties and Cofinimmo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
One Liberty Properties	0	0	1	0	3.00
Cofinimmo	0	0	0	0	N/A

One Liberty Properties currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.29%. Given One Liberty Properties’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe One Liberty Properties is more favorable than Cofinimmo.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of One Liberty Properties 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.

Summary

One Liberty Properties beats Cofinimmo on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About One Liberty Properties

One Liberty is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust incorporated in Maryland in 1982. The Company acquires, owns and manages a geographically diversified portfolio consisting primarily of industrial and retail properties. Many of these properties are subject to long-term net leases under which the tenant is typically responsible for the property’s real estate taxes, insurance and ordinary maintenance and repairs.

About Cofinimmo

Cofinimmo has been acquiring, developing and managing rental properties for 40 years. The company has a portfolio spread across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom, with a value of approximately 6.2 billion EUR. Responding to societal changes, Cofinimmo's mission is to provide high-quality care, living, and working spaces to partner-tenants that directly benefit their occupants. 'Caring, Living and Working – Together in Real Estate is the expression of this mission. Thanks to its expertise, Cofinimmo has built up a healthcare real estate portfolio of approximately 4.7 billion EUR in Europe. As an independent company applying the highest standards of corporate governance and sustainability, Cofinimmo offers tenant services and manages its portfolio through a team of approximately 155 employees in Brussels, Paris, Breda, Frankfurt and Madrid. Cofinimmo is listed on Euronext Brussels (BEL20) and benefits from the REIT system in Belgium (RREC), France (SIIC) and the Netherlands (FBI). Its activities are supervised by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian regulator.