SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) and Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) Head to Head Review

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

SBA Communications has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SBA Communications	25.76%	-13.13%	6.83%
Alpine Income Property Trust	3.96%	0.76%	0.36%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SBA Communications	$2.66 billion	8.32	$501.81 million	$6.34	32.46
Alpine Income Property Trust	$52.23 million	4.43	$2.92 million	$0.14	115.86

SBA Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. SBA Communications 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for SBA Communications and Alpine Income Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SBA Communications	0	4	9	2	2.87
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	2	7	0	2.78

SBA Communications presently has a consensus target price of $252.29, suggesting a potential upside of 22.58%. Alpine Income Property Trust has a consensus target price of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.68%. Given SBA Communications’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Alpine Income Property Trust.

Dividends

SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. SBA Communications pays out 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 800.0% 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

SBA Communications beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SBA Communications

SBA Communications Corporation is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure including towers, buildings, rooftops, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells. With a portfolio of more than 39,000 communications sites throughout the Americas, Africa and in Asia, SBA is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol SBAC. Our organization is part of the S&P 500 and is one of the top Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by market capitalization.

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.