ALEX vs. AIV, PMT, DEA, MFA, NTST, ALX, UMH, TWO, SVC, and AAT
Should you be buying Alexander & Baldwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander & Baldwin include Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), MFA Financial (MFA), NETSTREIT (NTST), Alexander's (ALX), UMH Properties (UMH), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Service Properties Trust (SVC), and American Assets Trust (AAT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) and Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apartment Investment and Management received 57 more outperform votes than Alexander & Baldwin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.38% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Apartment Investment and Management an outperform vote.
Alexander & Baldwin has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexander & Baldwin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Apartment Investment and Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than Apartment Investment and Management.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 20.25% compared to Alexander & Baldwin's net margin of -88.87%. Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity of 4.76% beat Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity.
In the previous week, Alexander & Baldwin had 22 more articles in the media than Apartment Investment and Management. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin and 8 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Apartment Investment and Management's score of 0.14 indicating that Apartment Investment and Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Alexander & Baldwin beats Apartment Investment and Management on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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