ALX vs. BFS, ROIC, AKR, SKT, MAC, AIV, ALEX, UMH, MFA, and DEA
Should you be buying Alexander's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander's include Saul Centers (BFS), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Tanger (SKT), Macerich (MAC), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), UMH Properties (UMH), MFA Financial (MFA), and Easterly Government Properties (DEA). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. 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. Alexander's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alexander's has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander's has a net margin of 45.97% compared to Saul Centers' net margin of 20.25%. Alexander's' return on equity of 43.56% beat Saul Centers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Alexander's and Alexander's both had 6 articles in the media. Saul Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Alexander's' score of -0.40 indicating that Saul Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saul Centers received 130 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.08% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $145.00, suggesting a potential downside of 33.33%. Saul Centers has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.56%. Given Saul Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Alexander's.
32.0% of Alexander's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Saul Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Alexander's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Saul Centers beats Alexander's on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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