UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) & Pacific Office Properties Trust (OTCMKTS:PCFO) Critical Survey

Pacific Office Properties Trust (OTCMKTS:PCFO) and UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.4% of UMH Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Pacific Office Properties Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of UMH Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Office Properties Trust and UMH Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Office Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
UMH Properties	11.81%	6.06%	1.92%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pacific Office Properties Trust and UMH Properties”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Office Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UMH Properties	$235.66 million	6.49	$8.01 million	$0.13	149.15

UMH Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Office Properties Trust.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Pacific Office Properties Trust and UMH Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Office Properties Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00
UMH Properties	0	2	3	0	2.60

UMH Properties has a consensus price target of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. Given UMH Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe UMH Properties is more favorable than Pacific Office Properties Trust.

Summary

UMH Properties beats Pacific Office Properties Trust on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pacific Office Properties Trust

Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which owns and operates office properties. Its portfolio includes Davies Pacific Center, Pacific Business News Building, Pan Am Building, Waterfront Plaza, and City Square. The company was founded on March 19, 2008 and is headquartered in Honolulu, HI.

About UMH Properties

UMH Properties, Inc., which was organized in 1968, is a public equity REIT that owns and operates 135 manufactured home communities containing approximately 25,800 developed homesites. These communities are located in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland, Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia. UMH also has an ownership interest in and operates two communities in Florida, containing 363 sites, through its joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate