ALX vs. BFS, RPT, UBA, AKR, ROIC, MAC, SKT, PKST, CHCT, and CSR
Should you be buying Alexander's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander's include Saul Centers (BFS), RPT Realty (RPT), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Macerich (MAC), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), and Centerspace (CSR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Alexander's vs.
Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Alexander's pays out 169.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saul Centers pays out 143.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
33.9% of Alexander's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Saul Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Alexander's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.5% of Saul Centers shares are held 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 higher earnings, but lower revenue than Saul Centers. Alexander's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saul Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saul Centers received 127 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.35% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote.
Alexander's presently has a consensus target price of $160.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.96%. Saul Centers has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.90%. Given Saul Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Alexander's.
In the previous week, Saul Centers had 3 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Saul Centers and 4 mentions for Alexander's. Saul Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Alexander's' score of 0.35 indicating that Saul Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexander's has a net margin of 25.93% compared to Saul Centers' net margin of 20.40%. Alexander's' return on equity of 22.74% beat Saul Centers' return on equity.
Alexander's has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Saul Centers beats Alexander's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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