Head-To-Head Comparison: Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) and American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC)

American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC) and Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Postal Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares American Strategic Investment and Postal Realty Trust’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Strategic Investment	$62.71 million	0.31	-$105.92 million	($46.91)	-0.17
Postal Realty Trust	$63.71 million	4.91	$3.71 million	$0.10	138.90

Postal Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than American Strategic Investment. American Strategic Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postal Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

American Strategic Investment has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for American Strategic Investment and Postal Realty Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Strategic Investment	0	1	0	0	2.00
Postal Realty Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00

American Strategic Investment presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.44%. Postal Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.79%. Given Postal Realty Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Postal Realty Trust is more favorable than American Strategic Investment.

Profitability

This table compares American Strategic Investment and Postal Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Strategic Investment	-168.91%	-36.93%	-14.00%
Postal Realty Trust	5.82%	1.28%	0.69%

Summary

Postal Realty Trust beats American Strategic Investment on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Strategic Investment

American Strategic Investment Co. (NYSE: NYC) owns a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City.

About Postal Realty Trust

Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PSTL) is an internally managed real estate investment trust that owns properties primarily leased to the United States Postal Service ("USPS"). PSTL is focused on acquiring the network of USPS properties, which provide a critical element of the nation's logistics infrastructure that facilitates cost effective and efficient last-mile delivery solutions. As of December 31, 2023, PSTL owned 1,509 properties (including two properties accounted for as financing leases) located in 49 states and one territory comprising approximately 5.9 million net leasable interior square feet. Subsequent to quarter-end and through February 23, 2024, PSTL closed on eight additional properties comprising approximately 33,000 net leasable interior square feet.