BFS vs. ALX, ROIC, AKR, SKT, MAC, SVC, NXRT, ARR, PLYM, and RWT
Should you be buying Saul Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saul Centers include Alexander's (ALX), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Tanger (SKT), Macerich (MAC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), and Redwood Trust (RWT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Alexander's presently has a consensus price target of $145.00, indicating a potential downside of 31.35%. Saul Centers has a consensus price target of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.83%. Given Alexander's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Alexander's.
Saul Centers received 129 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.01% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alexander's had 2 more articles in the media than Saul Centers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alexander's and 0 mentions for Saul Centers. Alexander's' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Saul Centers' score of -1.19 indicating that Saul Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Alexander's pays out 86.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saul Centers pays out 136.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saul Centers has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Alexander's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
32.0% of Alexander's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Alexander's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alexander's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Saul Centers. Alexander's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saul Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexander's has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander's has a net margin of 45.97% compared to Alexander's' net margin of 20.25%. Saul Centers' return on equity of 43.56% beat Alexander's' return on equity.
Summary
Saul Centers beats Alexander's on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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