AKR vs. ADC, KRG, MAC, SKT, ROIC, GTY, ALX, BFS, O, and SPG
Should you be buying Acadia Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadia Realty Trust include Agree Realty (ADC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Getty Realty (GTY), Alexander's (ALX), Saul Centers (BFS), Realty Income (O), and Simon Property Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
97.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agree Realty has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Agree Realty's net margin of 2.38%. Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity of 3.72% beat Agree Realty's return on equity.
Agree Realty received 149 more outperform votes than Acadia Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.24% of users gave Agree Realty an outperform vote while only 53.21% of users gave Acadia Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Agree Realty presently has a consensus price target of $66.95, suggesting a potential downside of 2.58%. Acadia Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $18.40, suggesting a potential downside of 9.98%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Agree Realty is more favorable than Acadia Realty Trust.
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.
Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Agree Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Agree Realty has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 18 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Agree Realty and 6 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Agree Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Acadia Realty Trust's score of 0.78 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Agree Realty beats Acadia Realty Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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