Reviewing Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE)

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

Risk & Volatility

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental Realty Investors has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Alpine Income Property Trust and Transcontinental Realty Investors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	2	7	0	2.78
Transcontinental Realty Investors	0	0	0	0	0.00

Alpine Income Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.57%. 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 Transcontinental Realty Investors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 86.2% of Transcontinental Realty Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Transcontinental Realty Investors’ 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%	0.59%
Transcontinental Realty Investors	6.55%	0.38%	0.30%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Alpine Income Property Trust and Transcontinental Realty Investors”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	$50.02 million	4.88	$2.92 million	$0.22	77.73
Transcontinental Realty Investors	$49.90 million	N/A	$5.94 million	$0.37	76.11

Transcontinental Realty Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. Transcontinental Realty Investors 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.

Summary

Alpine Income Property Trust beats Transcontinental Realty Investors on 10 of the 13 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 Transcontinental Realty Investors

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., a Dallas-based real estate investment company, holds a diverse portfolio of equity real estate located across the U.S., including office buildings, apartments, shopping centers, and developed and undeveloped land. The Company invests in real estate through direct ownership, leases and partnerships and invests in mortgage loans on real estate. The Company also holds mortgage receivables.