Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Is REG or AHH a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out 700.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in REG or AHH?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is REG or AHH more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Armada Hoffler Properties' net margin of 3.24%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 5.98% beat Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.21%	5.98%	3.22%
Armada Hoffler Properties	3.24%	2.98%	0.81%

Which has more risk & volatility, REG or AHH?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor REG or AHH?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 4 more articles in the media than Armada Hoffler Properties. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Regency Centers and 4 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.99 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Armada Hoffler Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer REG or AHH?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus price target of $78.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.49%. Armada Hoffler Properties has a consensus price target of $8.83, indicating a potential upside of 25.38%. Given Armada Hoffler Properties' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Armada Hoffler Properties 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
Armada Hoffler Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, REG or AHH?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Armada Hoffler Properties. Regency Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armada Hoffler Properties, 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	8.66	$400.39M	$2.12	32.71
Armada Hoffler Properties	$708.47M	1.01	$35.65M	$0.08	88.06

Summary

Regency Centers beats Armada Hoffler Properties on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.