ALEX vs. JOE, TRC, HR, COLD, CUZ, KRG, SLG, PECO, EPR, and IRT
Should you be buying Alexander & Baldwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander & Baldwin include St. Joe (JOE), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), SL Green Realty (SLG), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), EPR Properties (EPR), and Independence Realty Trust (IRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Alexander & Baldwin vs. Its Competitors
St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) and Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
86.7% of St. Joe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of St. Joe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
St. Joe has higher revenue and earnings than Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Joe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.92%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than St. Joe.
In the previous week, St. Joe had 22 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for St. Joe and 5 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat St. Joe's score of 0.28 indicating that Alexander & Baldwin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
St. Joe has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
St. Joe pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. St. Joe pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. St. Joe has raised its dividend for 3 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 longer track record of dividend growth.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 19.64% compared to St. Joe's net margin of 17.76%. St. Joe's return on equity of 9.58% beat Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity.
Alexander & Baldwin received 141 more outperform votes than St. Joe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.32% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 60.74% of users gave St. Joe an outperform vote.
Summary
St. Joe beats Alexander & Baldwin on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALEX) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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