Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) & AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) Head to Head Contrast

Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) and AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Presidio Property Trust and AG Mortgage Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Presidio Property Trust	-176.04%	-29.85%	-9.37%
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	20.19%	9.70%	0.46%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.9% of Presidio Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Presidio Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Presidio Property Trust and AG Mortgage Investment Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Presidio Property Trust	$18.93 million	0.49	$10.15 million	($2.25)	-0.29
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	$75.32 million	2.69	$53.78 million	$1.23	5.55

AG Mortgage Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Presidio Property Trust. Presidio Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AG Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Presidio Property Trust has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Presidio Property Trust and AG Mortgage Investment Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Presidio Property Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	0	1	3	0	2.75

AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus price target of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.79%. Given AG Mortgage Investment Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AG Mortgage Investment Trust is more favorable than Presidio Property Trust.

Dividends

Presidio Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Presidio Property Trust pays out -0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 65.0% 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. Presidio Property Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AG Mortgage Investment Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. AG Mortgage Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

AG Mortgage Investment Trust beats Presidio Property Trust on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Presidio Property Trust

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (we, our, us or the Company) is an internally-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), with holdings in office, industrial, retail and model home properties. We were incorporated in the State of California on September 28, 1999, and in August 2010, we reincorporated as a Maryland corporation. In October 2017, we changed our name from NetREIT, Inc., to Presidio Property Trust, Inc. Through Presidio Property Trust, Inc., its subsidiaries, and its partnerships, we own 12 commercial properties in fee interest, two of which we own as a partial interest in various affiliates, in which we serve as general partner, member and/or manager, and a special purpose acquisition company (until deconsolidation in September 2023). The Company has determined that the limited partnerships in which it owns less than 100% should be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as the Company directs their activities and has control of such limited partnerships.

About AG Mortgage Investment Trust

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. operates as a residential mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States. Its investment portfolio includes residential investments, including non-agency loans, agency-eligible loans, re-and non-performing loans, and non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, as well as commercial loans and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.