Head to Head Comparison: Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:ARESF) and One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP)

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

Profitability

This table compares One Liberty Properties and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust’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%
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for One Liberty Properties and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust, 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
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A

One Liberty Properties presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.29%. Given One Liberty Properties’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe One Liberty Properties is more favorable than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares One Liberty Properties and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.96	5.90

One Liberty Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than One Liberty Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. One Liberty Properties pays out 132.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

One Liberty Properties beats Artis Real Estate Investment Trust on 10 of the 12 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 Artis Real Estate Investment Trust

Artis is a diversified Canadian real estate investment trust with a portfolio of industrial, office and retail properties in Canada and the United States. Artis's vision is to build a best-in-class asset management and investment platform focused on growing net asset value per unit and distributions for investors through value investing in real estate.