Contrasting Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LANDP) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT)

Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) and Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LANDP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Uniti Group and Gladstone Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uniti Group	-3.83%	N/A	-0.88%
Gladstone Land	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Uniti Group and Gladstone Land’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uniti Group	$1.15 billion	0.93	-$81.71 million	($0.18)	-24.67
Gladstone Land	$90.40 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Gladstone Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uniti Group.

Dividends

Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Uniti Group pays out -333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Land has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Uniti Group and Gladstone Land, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uniti Group	1	1	1	0	2.00
Gladstone Land	0	0	0	0	N/A

Uniti Group presently has a consensus price target of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.64%. Given Uniti Group’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than Gladstone Land.

Summary

Uniti Group beats Gladstone Land on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Uniti Group

Uniti, an internally managed real estate investment trust, is engaged in the acquisition and construction of mission critical communications infrastructure, and is a leading provider of fiber and other wireless solutions for the communications industry. As of December 31, 2023, Uniti owns approximately 140,000 fiber route miles, 8.5 million fiber strand miles, and other communications real estate throughout the United States.

About Gladstone Land

Founded in 1997, Gladstone Land is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that acquires and owns farmland and farm-related properties located in major agricultural markets in the U.S. and leases its properties to unrelated third-party farmers. The Company, which reports the aggregate fair value of its farmland holdings on a quarterly basis, currently owns 169 farms, comprised of approximately 116,000 acres in 15 different states and over 45,000 acre-feet of banked water in California, valued at a total of approximately $1.6 billion. Gladstone Land's farms are predominantly located in regions where its tenants are able to grow fresh produce annual row crops, such as berries and vegetables, which are generally planted and harvested annually. The Company also owns farms growing permanent crops, such as almonds, apples, cherries, figs, lemons, olives, pistachios, and other orchards, as well as blueberry groves and vineyards, which are generally planted every 20-plus years and harvested annually. Approximately 40% of the Company's fresh produce acreage is either organic or in transition to become organic, and over 10% of its permanent crop acreage falls into this category. The Company may also acquire property related to farming, such as cooling facilities, processing buildings, packaging facilities, and distribution centers. Gladstone Land pays monthly distributions to its stockholders and has paid 129 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock since its initial public offering in January 2013. The Company has increased its common distributions 32 times over the prior 35 quarters, and the current per-share distribution on its common stock is $0.0464 per month, or $0.5568 per year.