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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
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.
Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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 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.
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, 0.5% of Macerich shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alexander's has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Macerich had 1 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Macerich and 2 mentions for Alexander's. Macerich's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Alexander's' score of -0.12 indicating that Macerich is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Macerich has a consensus target price of $19.80, indicating a potential upside of 15.61%. Given Macerich's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macerich is more favorable than Alexander's.
Summary
Alexander's beats Macerich on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALX) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff