Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) Competitors

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate AKR or REG?

Acadia Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.30%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $77.54, indicating a potential upside of 8.92%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Which has more volatility & risk, AKR or REG?

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is AKR or REG a better dividend stock?

Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 500.0% 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 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. Acadia Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer AKR or REG?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 16 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Regency Centers and 2 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.43 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acadia Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Regency Centers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AKR or REG?

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AKR or REG more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.36%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 5.98% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust	5.36%	0.81%	0.45%
Regency Centers	27.21%	5.98%	3.22%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AKR or REG?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Realty Trust. Regency Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Realty Trust, 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
Acadia Realty Trust	$359.69M	6.83	$21.65M	$0.16	117.22
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.89	$400.39M	$2.12	33.58

Summary

Regency Centers beats Acadia Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.