Generation Income Properties (NASDAQ:GIPR – Get Free Report) and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Generation Income Properties and Blackstone Mortgage Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Generation Income Properties | -97.27% | -115.43% | -9.38% |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust | -12.91% | 9.35% | 1.68% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Generation Income Properties and Blackstone Mortgage Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Generation Income Properties | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Generation Income Properties and Blackstone Mortgage Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Generation Income Properties | $7.63 million | 1.25 | -$5.72 million | ($2.50) | -0.70 |
| Blackstone Mortgage Trust | $2.04 billion | 1.53 | $246.55 million | ($1.39) | -12.97 |
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.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.7% of Generation Income Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Generation Income Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Generation Income Properties has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Blackstone Mortgage Trust beats Generation Income Properties on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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