Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Is REG or PECO a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. pays out 223.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, REG or PECO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.91	$400.39M	$2.14	33.35
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	$661.39M	6.43	$62.69M	$0.55	61.54

Is REG or PECO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.00%	6.05%	3.22%
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	9.91%	2.64%	1.35%

Do analysts prefer REG or PECO?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus price target of $77.92, indicating a potential upside of 9.17%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders and institutionals believe in REG or PECO?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer REG or PECO?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 16 more articles in the media than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Regency Centers and 6 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Regency Centers' score of 1.31 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, REG or PECO?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Regency Centers beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.