Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) vs. BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) Head to Head Contrast

BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for BRT Apartments and Global Net Lease, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRT Apartments	0	0	2	0	3.00
Global Net Lease	0	2	3	1	2.83

BRT Apartments presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.74%. Global Net Lease has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Global Net Lease’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Net Lease is more favorable than BRT Apartments.

Profitability

This table compares BRT Apartments and Global Net Lease’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRT Apartments	-9.94%	-4.33%	-1.34%
Global Net Lease	-21.37%	-7.04%	-2.24%

Dividends

BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Global Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. BRT Apartments pays out -188.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Net Lease pays out -117.0% 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BRT Apartments and Global Net Lease”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BRT Apartments	$93.62 million	3.59	$3.87 million	($0.53)	-33.71
Global Net Lease	$812.62 million	2.08	-$211.91 million	($0.94)	-7.78

BRT Apartments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Net Lease. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Net Lease, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BRT Apartments beats Global Net Lease on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BRT Apartments

BRT Apartments Corp. is a real estate investment trust. It engages in the ownership, operation, and holding interests in joint ventures that own and operate multi-family properties. The company was founded in June 1972 and is headquartered in Great Neck, NY.

About Global Net Lease

Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE. The firm focused on acquiring a diversified global portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant, mission critical income producing net-leased assets across the United States, Western and Northern Europe.