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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

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

Regency Centers currently has a consensus price target of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.18%. Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. 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
Regency Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Alexander & Baldwin
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 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
Regency Centers$1.45B8.84$400.39M$2.1233.39
Alexander & Baldwin$236.67M5.58$60.54M$0.8521.38

Regency Centers has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Alexander & Baldwin's net margin of 27.05%. Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity of 6.49% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Regency Centers27.21% 5.98% 3.22%
Alexander & Baldwin 27.05%6.49%3.94%

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 13 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Regency Centers and 3 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of 0.70 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alexander & Baldwin
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexander & Baldwin pays out 105.9% 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 has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Alexander & Baldwin has raised its dividend for 4 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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALEX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$1.32B$8.41B$12.12B$20.72B
Dividend Yield4.95%5.72%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio21.3841.1520.0428.07
Price / Sales5.584.9325.6338.42
Price / Cash13.1618.2021.7022.53
Price / Book1.311.672.284.58
Net Income$60.54M$128.99M$1.00B$985.54M
7 Day Performance1.74%1.53%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance0.79%3.36%4.63%5.46%
1 Year Performance8.12%0.97%538.61%15.06%

Alexander & Baldwin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALEX
Alexander & Baldwin
3.1296 of 5 stars
$18.17
+0.9%
$23.00
+26.6%
+8.3%$1.32B$236.67M21.38140
REG
Regency Centers
4.0089 of 5 stars
$71.23
+1.0%
$78.08
+9.6%
+14.9%$12.93B$1.45B33.60440News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.8346 of 5 stars
$19.74
-0.6%
$21.00
+6.4%
-9.1%$1.21B$457.86M15.54220News Coverage
Positive News
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.4876 of 5 stars
$18.58
-0.6%
$25.00
+34.6%
+2.2%$2.43B$359.69M116.13120
BFS
Saul Centers
3.8125 of 5 stars
$34.06
-0.1%
$45.50
+33.6%
-3.7%$824.25M$268.85M23.17110High Trading Volume
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.22 of 5 stars
$26.05
flat
$30.30
+16.3%
+14.4%$7.97B$1.30B24.81500Positive News
CUZ
Cousins Properties
3.0692 of 5 stars
$30.02
-0.2%
$32.20
+7.3%
+32.3%$5.04B$856.76M90.97290News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.6003 of 5 stars
$94.97
+0.3%
$112.54
+18.5%
-4.9%$8.15B$1.20B27.21320Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4281 of 5 stars
$21.03
+0.5%
$24.68
+17.3%
+12.2%$14.23B$2.04B27.31N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
3.4249 of 5 stars
$22.67
flat
$27.63
+21.9%
+4.1%$4.98B$841.84M323.86240Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UE
Urban Edge Properties
1.7456 of 5 stars
$18.70
-0.9%
$22.00
+17.6%
+4.1%$2.35B$444.97M29.22120

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