Thesis pillars
- Strong Free Cash Flow Despite Loss→Stable
- Price Above Analyst Target↑Improving
- Negative Price Momentum→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Oct 11, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Feb 24, 2026
Gladstone Land Corporation (LAND) Stock Analysis
Real Estate · REIT - Specialty
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $8.87, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Target reached (-10.6% upside); Market cap $383M below $400M minimum.
Gladstone Land is an externally-managed agricultural REIT that owns and leases farmland, including leases with a variable rent component tied to farm gross revenues. It earns lease revenue from third-party farming tenants and does not typically farm the properties itself.
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $8.87, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Target reached (-10.6% upside); Market cap $383M below $400M minimum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Market cap $383M below $400M minimum. Not in investable universe. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- LOWTenantlargest third-party tenant leasing nine farms11%10-K Item 1A: 'one of our third-party tenants currently leases nine of our farms and accounts for approximately 10.7% of our total lease revenue'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $8.87, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Target reached (-10.6% upside); Market cap $383M below $400M minimum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Market cap $383M below $400M minimum. Not in investable universe. Analyst target $7.93 reached (−10.6%), stop $8.33 (−6.5%), A.R:R -1.7:1. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target $7.93 reached (−10.6% from $8.87); no take-profit level is published. Analyst target $7.93 reached (−10.6%), stop $8.33 (−6.5%), A.R:R -1.7:1. Stop-loss: $8.33.
Target reached (-10.6% upside); Market cap $383M below $400M minimum.
Gladstone Land Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -29.1). TrendMatrix value score: 4.4/10. Verdict: Hold.
11 analysts cover LAND with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $9.
What does Gladstone Land Corporation do?Gladstone Land is an externally-managed agricultural REIT that owns and leases farmland, including leases with a...
Gladstone Land is an externally-managed agricultural REIT that owns and leases farmland, including leases with a variable rent component tied to farm gross revenues. It earns lease revenue from third-party farming tenants and does not typically farm the properties itself.