City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, CIO or UNIT?

City Office REIT has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uniti Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIO or UNIT?

Uniti Group received 154 more outperform votes than City Office REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave City Office REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City Office REIT	Outperform Votes 287 59.30%	Underperform Votes 197 40.70%
Uniti Group	Outperform Votes 441 65.92%	Underperform Votes 228 34.08%

Is CIO or UNIT more profitable?

Uniti Group has a net margin of 1.43% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -2.24%. City Office REIT's return on equity of -0.60% beat Uniti Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City Office REIT	-2.24%	-0.60%	-0.26%
Uniti Group	1.43%	-0.68%	0.33%

Is CIO or UNIT a better dividend stock?

City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. City Office REIT pays out -142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Uniti Group pays out 1,000.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CIO or UNIT?

67.5% of City Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of City Office REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CIO or UNIT?

In the previous week, Uniti Group had 5 more articles in the media than City Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Uniti Group and 1 mentions for City Office REIT. City Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Uniti Group's score of 0.80 indicating that City Office REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
City Office REIT	Positive
Uniti Group	Positive

Do analysts rate CIO or UNIT?

Uniti Group has a consensus target price of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 97.78%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than City Office REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
City Office REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Uniti Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CIO or UNIT?

City Office REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Uniti Group. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uniti Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
City Office REIT	$179.10M	1.11	-$2.68M	-$0.28	-17.61
Uniti Group	$1.15B	0.66	-$81.71M	$0.06	52.68

Summary

Uniti Group beats City Office REIT on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.