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Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX) Competitors

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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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

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

91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

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$236.67M5.59$60.54M$1.0717.00
Regency Centers$1.49B8.55$400.39M$2.1432.91

Alexander & Baldwin presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.90%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $78.42, suggesting a potential upside of 11.35%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's higher possible upside, 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)
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

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 21 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Regency Centers and 6 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of 1.01 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regency Centers
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Regency Centers beats Alexander & Baldwin on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALEX vs. The Competition

MetricAlexander & BaldwinREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.32B$8.46B$12.65B$21.38B
Dividend Yield4.89%5.29%5.41%3.50%
P/E Ratio17.0183.55244.8429.76
Price / Sales5.595.2530.9267.82
Price / Cash13.3419.3719.2518.13
Price / Book1.321.712.314.60
Net Income$60.54M$130.30M$1.01B$998.80M
7 Day Performance-3.22%0.50%0.30%0.89%
1 Month Performance-1.33%6.88%2.86%4.28%
1 Year Performance-8.06%-9.46%540.97%14.04%

Alexander & Baldwin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEX
Alexander & Baldwin
3.6311 of 5 stars
$18.16
+0.1%
$24.00
+32.2%
-8.6%$1.32B$236.67M16.99140Positive News
REG
Regency Centers
4.382 of 5 stars
$73.08
-0.8%
$79.00
+8.1%
-5.0%$13.38B$1.45B34.15440Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.8166 of 5 stars
$20.75
-0.8%
$20.50
-1.2%
-22.7%$1.28B$452.81M17.89220Positive News
Short Interest ↓
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
4.574 of 5 stars
$7.32
+0.2%
$8.38
+14.5%
-38.2%$756.75M$546.16M60.96160News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.3588 of 5 stars
$19.68
-2.2%
$25.00
+27.1%
-12.1%$2.63B$359.69M122.98120Positive News
Short Interest ↑
BFS
Saul Centers
N/A$32.54
-2.3%
N/A-21.7%$811.66M$268.85M24.65110
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.5413 of 5 stars
$27.79
-1.5%
$30.42
+9.5%
+0.2%$8.63B$1.29B25.26500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7699 of 5 stars
$101.68
-1.0%
$110.79
+9.0%
-13.8%$8.86B$1.24B25.74320News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4094 of 5 stars
$22.53
-1.0%
$24.75
+9.9%
-6.9%$15.41B$2.04B27.14640News Coverage
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
4.7082 of 5 stars
$22.84
-1.8%
$26.38
+15.5%
-16.2%$5.11B$841.84M28.91240Positive News
UE
Urban Edge Properties
2.742 of 5 stars
$21.15
-0.3%
$22.50
+6.4%
-3.6%$2.67B$444.97M25.17120Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ALEX) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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