Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) and Generation Income Properties (NASDAQ:GIPR) Critical Survey

Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) and Generation Income Properties (NASDAQ:GIPR) are both 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Blackstone Mortgage Trust and Generation Income Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	0	6	2	0	2.25
Generation Income Properties	0	1	0	0	2.00

Blackstone Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus target price of $20.08, suggesting a potential upside of 11.36%. Generation Income Properties has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 184.09%. Given Generation Income Properties’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Generation Income Properties is more favorable than Blackstone Mortgage Trust.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Generation Income Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Generation Income Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generation Income Properties has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Blackstone Mortgage Trust and Generation Income Properties”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	$2.04 billion	1.53	$246.55 million	($1.39)	-12.97
Generation Income Properties	$7.63 million	1.25	-$5.72 million	($2.50)	-0.70

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Generation Income Properties. Blackstone Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Generation Income Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Blackstone Mortgage Trust and Generation Income Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackstone Mortgage Trust	-12.91%	9.35%	1.68%
Generation Income Properties	-97.27%	-115.43%	-9.38%

Summary

Blackstone Mortgage Trust beats Generation Income Properties on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Blackstone Mortgage Trust

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company, originates senior loans collateralized by commercial properties in North America, Europe, and Australia. The company originates and acquires senior floating rate mortgage loans that are secured by a first-priority mortgage on commercial real estate assets. It operates as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. The company was formerly known as Capital Trust, Inc. and changed its name to Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. in May 2013. Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Generation Income Properties

Generation Income Properties, Inc., located in Tampa, Florida, is an internally managed real estate investment trust formed to acquire and own, directly and jointly, real estate investments focused on retail, office, and industrial net lease properties in densely populated submarkets.