Alexander's (ALX) Competitors

Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALX or MAC?

Macerich received 350 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.84% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 50.85% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alexander's	Outperform Votes 129 55.84%	Underperform Votes 102 44.16%
Macerich	Outperform Votes 479 50.85%	Underperform Votes 463 49.15%

Do analysts recommend ALX or MAC?

Alexander's presently has a consensus price target of $125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 43.02%. Macerich has a consensus price target of $18.95, suggesting a potential upside of 22.38%. Given Macerich's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Macerich is more favorable than Alexander's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alexander's	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Macerich	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ALX or MAC a better dividend stock?

Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Alexander's pays out 233.2% 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 -158.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexander's has raised 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.

Is ALX or MAC more profitable?

Alexander's has a net margin of 19.19% compared to Macerich's net margin of 8.98%. Alexander's' return on equity of 21.45% beat Macerich's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alexander's	19.19%	21.45%	3.12%
Macerich	8.98%	3.15%	1.05%

Which has more risk and volatility, ALX or MAC?

Alexander's has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ALX or MAC?

In the previous week, Macerich had 4 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Macerich and 2 mentions for Alexander's. Alexander's' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Macerich's score of 0.91 indicating that Alexander's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alexander's	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Macerich	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ALX or MAC?

32.0% of Alexander's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Alexander's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Macerich shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ALX or MAC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alexander's	$219.89M	5.09	$43.44M	$7.72	28.41
Macerich	$958.65M	4.08	-$274.07M	-$0.43	-36.01

Summary

Alexander's beats Macerich on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.