SKT vs. MAC, ALX, IVT, NTST, CTRE, GNL, XHR, UNIT, DEA, and REGCP
Should you be buying Tanger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tanger include Macerich (MAC), Alexander's (ALX), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), NETSTREIT (NTST), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Global Net Lease (GNL), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Uniti Group (UNIT), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), and Regency Centers (REGCP).
Tanger (NYSE:SKT) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
85.2% of Tanger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Tanger shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich shares are owned by company 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.
Tanger has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Macerich had 6 more articles in the media than Tanger. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Macerich and 24 mentions for Tanger. Tanger's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Macerich's score of -0.10 indicating that Tanger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 target price of $29.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Macerich has a consensus target price of $14.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.80%. Given Tanger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tanger is more favorable than Macerich.
Macerich received 76 more outperform votes than Tanger when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.57% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 51.80% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
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 4.8%. 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.
Summary
Tanger beats Macerich on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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