ADC vs. BRX, SRC, RHP, PSB, KIM, FRT, NNN, KRG, MAC, and SKT
Should you be buying Agree Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agree Realty include Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), PS Business Parks (PSB), Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), NNN REIT (NNN), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Macerich (MAC), and Tanger (SKT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) and Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Agree Realty received 8 more outperform votes than Brixmor Property Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.24% of users gave Agree Realty an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Brixmor Property Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 17 more articles in the media than Brixmor Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Agree Realty and 7 mentions for Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Agree Realty's score of 0.56 indicating that Agree Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Brixmor Property Group pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Agree Realty pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brixmor Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brixmor Property Group presently has a consensus price target of $25.13, indicating a potential upside of 2.26%. Agree Realty has a consensus price target of $66.95, indicating a potential downside of 2.58%. Given Agree Realty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than Agree Realty.
Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agree Realty has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Agree Realty has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Agree Realty's net margin of 22.47%. Agree Realty's return on equity of 9.84% beat Brixmor Property Group's return on equity.
Brixmor Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Agree Realty. Brixmor Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agree Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Agree Realty beats Brixmor Property Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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