Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) Competitors

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

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

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AKR or REG more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.00% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.31%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 6.05% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust	5.31%	0.79%	0.45%
Regency Centers	27.00%	6.05%	3.22%

Which has more volatility and risk, AKR or REG?

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than 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 4.2%. 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 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. Acadia Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate AKR or REG?

Acadia Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.35%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $77.92, indicating a potential upside of 9.58%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 preferable valuation and earnings, 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	6.93	$21.65M	$0.16	118.96
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.88	$400.39M	$2.14	33.23

Does the media prefer AKR or REG?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 18 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Regency Centers and 2 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Regency Centers' score of 1.31 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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