Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT) Competitors

Picton Property Income (LON:PCTN) and Balanced Commercial Property Trust (LON:BCPT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts prefer PCTN or BCPT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Picton Property Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Balanced Commercial Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PCTN or BCPT?

Picton Property Income has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balanced Commercial Property Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PCTN or BCPT more profitable?

Balanced Commercial Property Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Balanced Commercial Property Trust's net margin of -150.52%. Balanced Commercial Property Trust's return on equity of -13.72% beat Picton Property Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Picton Property Income	-150.52%	-13.72%	2.25%
Balanced Commercial Property Trust	N/A	-20.36%	2.24%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PCTN or BCPT?

72.9% of Picton Property Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Balanced Commercial Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Picton Property Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Balanced Commercial Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PCTN or BCPT a better dividend stock?

Picton Property Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Balanced Commercial Property Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Picton Property Income pays out -2,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balanced Commercial Property Trust pays out -1,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCTN or BCPT?

Picton Property Income received 124 more outperform votes than Balanced Commercial Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Picton Property Income an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Balanced Commercial Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Picton Property Income	Outperform Votes 132 72.13%	Underperform Votes 51 27.87%
Balanced Commercial Property Trust	Outperform Votes 8 66.67%	Underperform Votes 4 33.33%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PCTN or BCPT?

Picton Property Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Balanced Commercial Property Trust. Picton Property Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Balanced Commercial Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Picton Property Income	£53.49M	7.10	-£80.52M	-£0.15	-464.67
Balanced Commercial Property Trust	£59.16M	9.47	-£192.53M	-£0.26	-307.31

Does the media prefer PCTN or BCPT?

In the previous week, Balanced Commercial Property Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Picton Property Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Balanced Commercial Property Trust and 0 mentions for Picton Property Income. Picton Property Income's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Balanced Commercial Property Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Balanced Commercial Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Picton Property Income	Neutral
Balanced Commercial Property Trust	Very Positive

Summary

Picton Property Income beats Balanced Commercial Property Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.