PECO vs. REG, AKR, BFS, BRX, FRT, IVT, KIM, KRG, SPG, and UE
Should you be buying Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. include Regency Centers (REG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Saul Centers (BFS), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Simon Property Group (SPG), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. vs. Its Competitors
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Regency Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 236.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers pays out 131.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Regency Centers had 2 more articles in the media than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Regency Centers and 6 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.70 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.00% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 9.91%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 6.05% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $39.17, indicating a potential upside of 16.02%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $79.09, indicating a potential upside of 9.20%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Regency Centers.
Summary
Regency Centers beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PECO) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
