Financial Review: Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH)

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howard Hughes	6.57%	3.38%	1.03%
Alpine Income Property Trust	6.72%	1.23%	0.59%

Risk and Volatility

Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Howard Hughes and Alpine Income Property Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Howard Hughes	$1.20 billion	3.09	-$550.95 million	$1.51	48.76
Alpine Income Property Trust	$50.02 million	4.79	$2.92 million	$0.22	76.32

Alpine Income Property Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes 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

93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Howard Hughes and Alpine Income Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howard Hughes	0	0	2	0	3.00
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	2	7	0	2.78

Howard Hughes presently has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.37%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.65%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than Howard Hughes.

Summary

Howard Hughes beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate development company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Operating Assets; Master Planned Communities (MPCs); Seaport; and Strategic Developments. The Operating Assets segment consists of developed or acquired retail, office, and multi-family properties along with other retail investments. Its MPCs segment develops, sells, and leases residential and commercial land designated for long-term community development projects in and around Las Vegas, Nevada; Houston, Texas; and Phoenix, Arizona. The Seaport segment is involved in the landlord operations, managed businesses, and events and sponsorships services of its restaurant, retail, and entertain properties in Pier 17, New York City; Historic Area/Uplands; and Tin Building, as well as in 250 Water Street and in the Jean-Georges restaurants. The Strategic Development segment develops and redevelops residential condominiums and commercial properties. It serves homebuilders. Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

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.