AKR vs. ALX, ROIC, BFS, RPT, UBA, SKT, MAC, KRG, ALEX, and GNL
Should you be buying Acadia Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadia Realty Trust include Alexander's (ALX), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Saul Centers (BFS), RPT Realty (RPT), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Macerich (MAC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), and Global Net Lease (GNL). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Acadia Realty Trust vs.
Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Alexander's has a net margin of 28.00% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of -10.92%. Alexander's' return on equity of 23.27% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.
Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out -184.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexander's pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
33.9% of Alexander's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Alexander's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Acadia Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $18.17, suggesting a potential upside of 34.37%. Alexander's has a consensus target price of $160.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.87%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than Alexander's.
In the previous week, Acadia Realty Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust and 0 mentions for Alexander's. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Alexander's' score of 0.07 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acadia Realty Trust received 166 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.62% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 54.46% of users gave Acadia Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Alexander's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Acadia Realty Trust. Acadia Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexander's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander's has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alexander's beats Acadia Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AKR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Acadia Realty Trust Competitors List
