ALX vs. MAC, SKT, AKR, ROIC, GTY, BFS, SPG, O, KIM, and FRT
Should you be buying Alexander's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander's include Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Getty Realty (GTY), Saul Centers (BFS), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
32.0% of Alexander's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Alexander's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Macerich received 350 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.01% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 51.74% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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. Macerich pays out -43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Alexander's has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander's has a net margin of 45.97% compared to Macerich's net margin of -38.96%. Alexander's' return on equity of 43.56% beat Macerich's return on equity.
In the previous week, Macerich had 21 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Macerich and 2 mentions for Alexander's. Macerich's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Alexander's' score of -1.19 indicating that Macerich is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexander's currently has a consensus target price of $145.00, indicating a potential downside of 31.35%. Macerich has a consensus target price of $14.71, indicating a potential downside of 2.43%. Given Macerich's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macerich is more favorable than Alexander's.
Alexander's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexander's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alexander's and Macerich tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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