Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) vs Global Self Storage, Inc. (SELF)

Farmland Partners Inc. and Global Self Storage, Inc. are both Reit Specialty companies. Farmland Partners Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $466.9M against $57.7M — 8.1× the size. Farmland Partners Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.7× against 28.1×. Global Self Storage, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.51% against −6.43%. Farmland Partners Inc. has the higher net margin (47.0% vs 16.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.01% vs 4.30%). Both pay a dividend; Global Self Storage, Inc. yields more (6.70% vs 3.07%). Across the 22 metrics below, Global Self Storage, Inc. leads on 12 and Farmland Partners Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric FPI SELF Reit Specialty median
P/E 19.75 28.06 26.27
P/S 9.15 4.44 5.86
P/B 1.02 1.22 2.19
Price to free cash flow 10.01 14.62 14.62
EV/EBITDA 20.48 14.91 16.22
EV/Sales 8.93 5.18 8.93
Earnings yield 5.06% 3.56% 3.43%
Free cash flow yield 9.99% 6.84% 5.37%

Profitability

Metric FPI SELF Reit Specialty median
Gross margin 82.80% 60.22% 67.43%
Operating margin 42.25% 20.94% 21.38%
Net margin 46.97% 16.64% 16.14%
Free cash flow margin 91.39% 30.37% 31.07%
Return on equity 5.16% 4.54% 4.76%
Return on assets 3.27% 3.30% 3.29%
Return on invested capital 3.01% 4.30% 4.19%

Growth

Metric FPI SELF Reit Specialty median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.43%) 0.51% 5.36%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.45%) (5.26%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.58% 6.68% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 49.35% 0.00%

Health

Metric FPI SELF Reit Specialty median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.62
Current ratio 0.39 0.44 0.70
Net debt to EBITDA (1.44) (1.59) 4.47

Dividend

Metric FPI SELF Reit Specialty median
Dividend yield 3.07% 6.70% 3.88%
Payout ratio 0.92 1.07 1.14

Size

Metric FPI SELF Reit Specialty median
Market cap 466.85m 57.68m 8.48b

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