Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. (NYSE:UBA) and HMG/Courtland Properties Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:HMG) compete against each other in the REIT – Retail sector. We will compare them and contrast their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.	134.88M	5.60	26.15M	0.65	32.34
HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.	N/A	-230.58	4.12M	4.51	3.32

In table 1 we can see Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. and HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation. The business with the higher price-to-earnings out of the two companies is considered for more expensive of the two firms currently. Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.’s current price-to-earnings ratio is higher than that of HMG/Courtland Properties Inc., which means that it is the expensive of the two.

Profitability

Table 2 provides us Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. and HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.’s return on assets, return on equity and net margins.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.	19.39%	6.4%	2.5%
HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.	0.00%	20.5%	14.1%

Risk & Volatility

A 0.55 beta indicates that Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. is 45.00% less volatile compared to Standard & Poor’s 500. In other hand, HMG/Courtland Properties Inc. has beta of 0.47 which is 53.00% less volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500.

Dividends

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. pays out its dividends annually at $1.09 per share and 5.27% dividend yield. Meanwhile, HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.’s annual dividend is $3 per share and it also boasts of a 20.51% dividend yield.

Analyst Ratings

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. and HMG/Courtland Properties Inc. Ratings and Recommendations are available in the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.	0	1	0	2.00
HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.	0	0	0	0.00

The average target price of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. is $21, with potential upside of 1.55%.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

Roughly 81% of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. shares are held by institutional investors while 5.6% of HMG/Courtland Properties Inc. are owned by institutional investors. Insiders held 1.5% of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. shares. Competitively, HMG/Courtland Properties Inc. has 72.03% of it’s share held by insiders.

Performance

In this table we show the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.	-1.35%	-1.4%	4.04%	-7.97%	18.19%	9.89%
HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.	6.33%	14.21%	-1.97%	6.33%	63.76%	8.31%

For the past year Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. was more bullish than HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.

Summary

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. beats HMG/Courtland Properties Inc. on 8 of the 13 factors.

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The firm invests in the real estate markets of the United States. It engages in the ownership, operation, and redevelopment of high quality retail shopping centers predominantly located in the suburban, high demographic, high barrier to entry communities surrounding New York City. The firm was formally known as HRE Properties Inc. Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. was founded in 1969 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

HMG/Courtland Properties, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and management of commercial properties in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida. Its principal commercial properties include a resort with a 50-room hotel, restaurant/banquet facilities, spa, marina, and tennis courts under the Grove Isle name; a 50% interest in a restaurant, marina, and office/retail mall facility under the MontyÂ’s name; and a 5,000 square foot corporate office building. The company also owns two properties held for development consisting of a 70% interest in a 13,000 square foot commercial building in Montpelier, Vermont, as well as approximately 50 acres of vacant land in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. It has elected to be treated as a REIT. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. HMG/Courtland Properties was founded in 1971 and is based in Coconut Grove, Florida.