Reviewing Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) & VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for VICI Properties and Alpine Income Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

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

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.

Profitability

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

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

Dividends

VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. VICI Properties pays out 68.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

VICI Properties beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.