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Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX) Competitors

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$17.99 +0.01 (+0.06%)
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ALEX vs. REG, AAT, AHH, AKR, BFS, BRX, FRT, KIM, KRG, and UE

Should you be buying Alexander & Baldwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander & Baldwin include Regency Centers (REG), American Assets Trust (AAT), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Saul Centers (BFS), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Alexander & Baldwin vs. Its Competitors

Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Alexander & Baldwin pays out 84.1% 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. Alexander & Baldwin has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Alexander & Baldwin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Alexander & Baldwin currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.85%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $77.92, suggesting a potential upside of 10.56%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alexander & Baldwin
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Regency Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 14 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Regency Centers and 8 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.77 indicating that Alexander & Baldwin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alexander & Baldwin
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regency Centers
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 33.94% compared to Regency Centers' net margin of 27.00%. Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity of 7.81% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexander & Baldwin33.94% 7.81% 4.75%
Regency Centers 27.00%6.05%3.22%

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexander & Baldwin$236.67M5.53$60.54M$1.0716.81
Regency Centers$1.45B8.80$400.39M$2.1432.93

Summary

Regency Centers beats Alexander & Baldwin on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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ALEX vs. The Competition

MetricAlexander & BaldwinREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.31B$8.31B$12.04B$20.63B
Dividend Yield5.01%5.97%5.63%3.67%
P/E Ratio16.8171.2719.7829.01
Price / Sales5.534.9925.9465.92
Price / Cash13.0217.7921.3322.82
Price / Book1.291.612.094.43
Net Income$60.54M$128.99M$1.00B$993.74M
7 Day Performance-2.25%-4.24%-2.46%-3.39%
1 Month Performance-0.08%-3.47%-0.85%-2.10%
1 Year Performance-7.60%-9.58%537.09%10.09%

Alexander & Baldwin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEX
Alexander & Baldwin
3.6558 of 5 stars
$17.99
+0.1%
$23.00
+27.8%
-9.4%$1.31B$236.67M16.81140Analyst Revision
REG
Regency Centers
4.3613 of 5 stars
$70.04
-1.6%
$77.54
+10.7%
+2.8%$12.92B$1.45B33.04440Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.8812 of 5 stars
$19.96
-1.9%
$21.00
+5.2%
-28.2%$1.24B$457.86M15.72220News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
4.8217 of 5 stars
$6.96
-1.2%
$8.83
+27.0%
-43.7%$713.29M$708.47M86.95160News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.6198 of 5 stars
$18.63
-0.7%
$25.00
+34.2%
-14.5%$2.46B$359.69M116.44120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
BFS
Saul Centers
3.7443 of 5 stars
$32.67
-1.3%
$45.50
+39.3%
-19.6%$801.29M$268.85M22.22110News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.3558 of 5 stars
$25.53
-0.4%
$30.30
+18.7%
-0.4%$7.84B$1.29B24.31500News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.745 of 5 stars
$93.18
-1.1%
$111.29
+19.4%
-19.7%$8.08B$1.20B26.70320Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.3081 of 5 stars
$21.55
-1.1%
$24.70
+14.6%
-5.9%$14.73B$2.04B27.99640Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
4.1767 of 5 stars
$22.59
-0.3%
$27.22
+20.5%
-12.8%$4.98B$841.84M322.71240News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
UE
Urban Edge Properties
3.186 of 5 stars
$19.56
-0.7%
$22.00
+12.5%
-5.6%$2.48B$444.97M30.56120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume

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