SKT vs. MAC, AKR, ROIC, KRG, ALX, BFS, ADC, NNN, FRT, and MPW
Should you be buying Tanger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tanger include Macerich (MAC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Alexander's (ALX), Saul Centers (BFS), Agree Realty (ADC), NNN REIT (NNN), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), and Medical Properties Trust (MPW). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Tanger (NYSE:SKT) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Tanger has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tanger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Macerich received 76 more outperform votes than Tanger when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.48% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 51.74% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
Tanger has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tanger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Tanger pays out 120.9% 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. Macerich is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
85.2% of Tanger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Tanger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Macerich had 18 more articles in the media than Tanger. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Macerich and 5 mentions for Tanger. Tanger's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Macerich's score of 0.09 indicating that Tanger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tanger presently has a consensus target price of $29.57, suggesting a potential upside of 7.34%. Macerich has a consensus target price of $14.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.43%. Given Tanger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tanger is more favorable than Macerich.
Tanger has a net margin of 20.27% compared to Macerich's net margin of -38.96%. Tanger's return on equity of 17.72% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Summary
Tanger beats Macerich on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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