MAC vs. SKT, KRG, AKR, ROIC, ADC, ALX, BFS, FRT, KIM, and CUZ
Should you be buying Macerich stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macerich include Tanger (SKT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Agree Realty (ADC), Alexander's (ALX), Saul Centers (BFS), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), and Cousins Properties (CUZ). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Macerich received 77 more outperform votes than Tanger when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.50% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 51.80% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Macerich had 10 more articles in the media than Tanger. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Macerich and 19 mentions for Tanger. Macerich's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Tanger's score of 0.25 indicating that Tanger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tanger has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Tanger currently has a consensus price target of $28.83, suggesting a potential upside of 5.12%. Macerich has a consensus price target of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Tanger's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Macerich is more favorable than Tanger.
Tanger has a net margin of 20.27% compared to Tanger's net margin of -31.00%. Macerich's return on equity of 18.07% beat Tanger's return on equity.
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 5.1%. 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 -53.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tanger has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich shares are held 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.
Summary
Tanger beats Macerich on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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