BRT Apartments (BRT) Competitors

Net Lease Office Properties (NYSE:NLOP) and BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NLOP or BRT?

BRT Apartments received 279 more outperform votes than Net Lease Office Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Net Lease Office Properties an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave BRT Apartments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Net Lease Office Properties	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
BRT Apartments	Outperform Votes 280 60.61%	Underperform Votes 182 39.39%

Does the media refer more to NLOP or BRT?

In the previous week, Net Lease Office Properties had 4 more articles in the media than BRT Apartments. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Net Lease Office Properties and 3 mentions for BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Net Lease Office Properties' score of 0.01 indicating that Net Lease Office Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Net Lease Office Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BRT Apartments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, NLOP or BRT?

BRT Apartments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Net Lease Office Properties.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Net Lease Office Properties	$174.96M	2.10	-$131.75M	N/A	N/A
BRT Apartments	$93.62M	3.67	$3.87M	$0.18	102.67

Do analysts recommend NLOP or BRT?

Net Lease Office Properties presently has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 141.84%. BRT Apartments has a consensus price target of $21.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.69%. Given BRT Apartments' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Net Lease Office Properties is more favorable than BRT Apartments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Net Lease Office Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BRT Apartments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is NLOP or BRT a better dividend stock?

Net Lease Office Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. BRT Apartments pays out 555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is NLOP or BRT more profitable?

BRT Apartments has a net margin of 4.14% compared to BRT Apartments' net margin of 0.00%. Net Lease Office Properties' return on equity of 1.62% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Net Lease Office Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A
BRT Apartments	4.14%	1.62%	0.54%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NLOP or BRT?

58.3% of Net Lease Office Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. 38.3% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BRT Apartments beats Net Lease Office Properties on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.