Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI – Get Free Report) and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Office Properties Income Trust and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Office Properties Income Trust | -13.72% | -5.76% | -1.85% |
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta | 182.61% | 18.25% | 11.46% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Office Properties Income Trust and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Office Properties Income Trust | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Office Properties Income Trust and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Office Properties Income Trust | $540.57 million | 0.22 | -$69.43 million | ($1.54) | -1.53 |
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta | $214.47 million | 130.91 | $316.64 million | $5.02 | 6.47 |
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Office Properties Income Trust. Office Properties Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
Office Properties Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Office Properties Income Trust pays out -2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 3.0% 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. Office Properties Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
64.4% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Office Properties Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta beats Office Properties Income Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Office Properties Income Trust
OPI is a national REIT focused on owning and leasing high quality office and mixed-use properties in select growth-oriented U.S. markets. As of December 31, 2023, approximately 64% of OPI's revenues were from investment grade rated tenants. OPI owned 152 properties as of December 31, 2023, with approximately 20.5 million square feet located in 30 states and Washington, D.C. In 2023, OPI was named as an Energy Star® Partner of the Year for the sixth consecutive year. OPI is managed by The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company with over $41 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023, and more than 35 years of institutional experience in buying, selling, financing and operating commercial real estate. OPI is headquartered in Newton, MA.
About Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, manages, operates, and leases industrial buildings and distribution facilities in Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
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