ALEX vs. REG, AAT, AKR, BFS, BRX, CUZ, 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), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Saul Centers (BFS), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Cousins Properties (CUZ), 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.76%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $79.09, suggesting a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than Regency Centers.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share 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.
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.
In the previous week, Alexander & Baldwin and Alexander & Baldwin both had 3 articles in the media. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of 0.70 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Regency Centers beats Alexander & Baldwin on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALEX) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff