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Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX) Competitors

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$18.44 -0.44 (-2.31%)
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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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 17 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Regency Centers and 5 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of 0.85 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Alexander & Baldwin presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.12%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $78.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Regency Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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$236.67M5.67$60.54M$1.0717.24
Regency Centers$1.45B8.91$400.39M$2.1433.34

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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.

Summary

Regency Centers beats Alexander & Baldwin on 14 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$1.37B$8.60B$12.82B$21.65B
Dividend Yield4.77%5.33%5.40%3.48%
P/E Ratio17.2483.44245.5929.75
Price / Sales5.675.2830.8968.29
Price / Cash13.6719.3222.3625.00
Price / Book1.331.732.314.58
Net Income$60.54M$130.30M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-5.05%0.75%1.03%0.65%
1 Month Performance-1.21%6.68%2.37%3.07%
1 Year Performance-6.90%-8.10%539.26%14.34%

Alexander & Baldwin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEX
Alexander & Baldwin
3.494 of 5 stars
$18.44
-2.3%
$24.00
+30.1%
-6.2%$1.37B$236.67M17.24140News Coverage
REG
Regency Centers
4.3006 of 5 stars
$72.50
+0.4%
$79.00
+9.0%
-4.1%$13.16B$1.45B33.88440News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.9155 of 5 stars
$20.88
+0.1%
$20.50
-1.8%
-21.1%$1.28B$457.86M18.00220Positive News
Short Interest ↓
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
4.6281 of 5 stars
$7.27
+0.3%
$8.38
+15.3%
-37.4%$754.68M$708.47M60.55160News Coverage
Positive News
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.3521 of 5 stars
$20.02
-0.2%
$25.00
+24.9%
-11.9%$2.62B$359.69M125.10120News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
BFS
Saul Centers
2.5414 of 5 stars
$34.14
+0.9%
N/A-20.9%$832.61M$268.85M25.87110Positive News
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.5182 of 5 stars
$28.00
-0.2%
$30.42
+8.6%
+2.0%$8.57B$1.29B25.45500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7699 of 5 stars
$100.66
+0.8%
$110.79
+10.1%
-12.4%$8.67B$1.20B25.48320Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4079 of 5 stars
$22.51
+0.5%
$24.75
+10.0%
-5.3%$15.23B$2.04B27.12640News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
4.6778 of 5 stars
$22.81
+1.0%
$27.00
+18.4%
-14.7%$5.02B$841.84M28.87240News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UE
Urban Edge Properties
2.3853 of 5 stars
$20.72
0.0%
$22.50
+8.6%
-0.5%$2.60B$444.97M24.66120Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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