Regency Centers (REG) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in REG or ARES?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor REG or ARES?

Ares Management received 563 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 46.94% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 46 46.94%	Underperform Votes 52 53.06%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 609 68.97%	Underperform Votes 274 31.03%

Is REG or ARES a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management pays out 183.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer REG or ARES?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus target price of $78.08, suggesting a potential upside of 8.18%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.09%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has better valuation & earnings, REG or ARES?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than Regency Centers. Regency Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, 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	9.01	$400.39M	$2.12	34.05
Ares Management	$3.88B	12.39	$440.96M	$2.03	75.20

Does the media favor REG or ARES?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 2 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Regency Centers and 23 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.99 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Management	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is REG or ARES more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.54% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.54%	5.91%	3.21%
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%

Which has more volatility and risk, REG or ARES?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ares Management beats Regency Centers on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.