ALX vs. MAC, SKT, AKR, GTY, BFS, SPG, O, KIM, FRT, and NNN
Should you be buying Alexander's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander's include Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Getty Realty (GTY), Saul Centers (BFS), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), and NNN REIT (NNN). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Alexander's vs. Its Competitors
Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Macerich had 6 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Macerich and 1 mentions for Alexander's. Alexander's' average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Macerich's score of 0.40 indicating that Alexander's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alexander's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexander's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexander's has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Alexander's pays out 247.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Macerich pays out -38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexander's has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Alexander's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Alexander's has a net margin of 17.14% compared to Macerich's net margin of -41.33%. Alexander's' return on equity of 22.12% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Macerich has a consensus price target of $19.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. Given Macerich's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Macerich is more favorable than Alexander's.
32.0% of Alexander's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Alexander's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alexander's beats Macerich on 11 of the 19 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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This page (NYSE:ALX) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
