NNN REIT (NYSE:NNN) & Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) Head to Head Contrast

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

Dividends

Alpine Income Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. NNN REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Alpine Income Property Trust pays out 631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NNN REIT pays out 121.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpine Income Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and NNN REIT has raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Alpine Income Property Trust and NNN REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpine Income Property Trust	0	4	5	2	2.82
NNN REIT	2	9	3	0	2.07

Alpine Income Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.85%. NNN REIT has a consensus target price of $47.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.84%. Given Alpine Income Property Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpine Income Property Trust is more favorable than NNN REIT.

Volatility & Risk

Alpine Income Property Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NNN REIT has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.5% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of NNN REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Alpine Income Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NNN REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine Income Property Trust	9.36%	2.11%	0.91%
NNN REIT	40.35%	8.70%	4.06%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpine Income Property Trust	$60.53 million	5.50	-$2.66 million	$0.19	99.39
NNN REIT	$926.21 million	9.15	$389.78 million	$2.04	21.64

NNN REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Alpine Income Property Trust. NNN REIT 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.

Summary

NNN REIT beats Alpine Income Property Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About NNN REIT

NNN REIT invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned 3,532 properties in 49 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 36.0 million square feet and a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.1 years. NNN is one of only three publicly traded REITs to have increased annual dividends for 34 or more consecutive years.