Reviewing One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) & The GPT Group (OTCMKTS:GPTGF)

One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) and The GPT Group (OTCMKTS:GPTGF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for One Liberty Properties and The GPT Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
One Liberty Properties	0	0	1	0	3.00
The GPT Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

One Liberty Properties presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.99%. Given One Liberty Properties’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe One Liberty Properties is more favorable than The GPT Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares One Liberty Properties and The GPT Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
One Liberty Properties	$90.65 million	5.43	$29.61 million	$1.38	16.78
The GPT Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.32	8.17

One Liberty Properties has higher revenue and earnings than The GPT Group. The GPT Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than One Liberty Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of The GPT Group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. The GPT Group pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. One Liberty Properties pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The GPT Group pays out 80.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The GPT Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares One Liberty Properties and The GPT Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
One Liberty Properties	32.67%	9.56%	3.86%
The GPT Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

One Liberty Properties beats The GPT Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About One Liberty Properties

One Liberty is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust incorporated in Maryland in 1982. The Company acquires, owns and manages a geographically diversified portfolio consisting primarily of industrial and retail properties. Many of these properties are subject to long-term net leases under which the tenant is typically responsible for the property's real estate taxes, insurance and ordinary maintenance and repairs.

About The GPT Group

GPT is a vertically integrated diversified property group that owns and actively manages a portfolio of high quality Australian retail, office and logistics assets, with assets under management of $32.4 billion. The Group utilises its real estate management platform to enhance returns through property development and funds management.