Head-To-Head Comparison: Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) vs. VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Alpine Income Property Trust and VICI Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	2	7	0	2.78
VICI Properties	0	2	6	0	2.75

Alpine Income Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.77%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.53%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 509.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VICI Properties pays out 68.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and VICI Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	6.72%	1.23%	0.60%
VICI Properties	70.38%	10.32%	6.00%

Volatility and Risk

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and VICI Properties”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$45.64 million	5.44	$2.92 million	$0.22	82.73
VICI Properties	$3.74 billion	9.15	$2.51 billion	$2.53	12.98

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of VICI Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

VICI Properties beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 10 of the 16 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 VICI Properties

VICI Properties Inc. is an S&P 500 experiential real estate investment trust that owns one of the largest portfolios of market-leading gaming, hospitality and entertainment destinations, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas, MGM Grand and the Venetian Resort Las Vegas, three of the most iconic entertainment facilities on the Las Vegas Strip. VICI Properties owns 93 experiential assets across a geographically diverse portfolio consisting of 54 gaming properties and 39 other experiential properties across the United States and Canada. The portfolio is comprised of approximately 127 million square feet and features approximately 60,300 hotel rooms and over 500 restaurants, bars, nightclubs and sportsbooks. Its properties are occupied by industry-leading gaming, leisure and hospitality operators under long-term, triple-net lease agreements. VICI Properties has a growing array of real estate and financing partnerships with leading operators in other experiential sectors, including Bowlero, Cabot, Canyon Ranch, Chelsea Piers, Great Wolf Resorts, Homefield, and Kalahari Resorts. VICI Properties also owns four championship golf courses and 33 acres of undeveloped and underdeveloped land adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip. VICI Properties’ goal is to create the highest quality and most productive experiential real estate portfolio through a strategy of partnering with the highest quality experiential place makers and operators.