Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) Competitors

Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Is ADC or AKR more profitable?

Agree Realty has a net margin of 30.66% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.74%. Agree Realty's return on equity of 3.70% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agree Realty	30.66%	3.70%	2.33%
Acadia Realty Trust	5.74%	0.88%	0.48%

Is ADC or AKR a better dividend stock?

Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Agree Realty pays out 173.4% 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 pays out 444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADC or AKR?

Agree Realty received 169 more outperform votes than Acadia Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Agree Realty an outperform vote while only 52.05% of users gave Acadia Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Agree Realty	Outperform Votes 461 68.09%	Underperform Votes 216 31.91%
Acadia Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 292 52.05%	Underperform Votes 269 47.95%

Which has more risk & volatility, ADC or AKR?

Agree Realty has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ADC or AKR?

Agree Realty currently has a consensus price target of $80.88, suggesting a potential upside of 4.48%. Acadia Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.27%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than Agree Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agree Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Acadia Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ADC or AKR?

Agree Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Realty Trust. Agree Realty 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
Agree Realty	$636.80M	13.37	$189.20M	$1.77	43.74
Acadia Realty Trust	$359.69M	6.55	$21.65M	$0.18	109.24

Does the media favor ADC or AKR?

In the previous week, Agree Realty had 24 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Agree Realty and 12 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Agree Realty's score of 1.20 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agree Realty	22 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acadia Realty Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ADC or AKR?

97.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Agree Realty beats Acadia Realty Trust on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.