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Alexander's (ALX) Competitors

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$232.52 +1.62 (+0.70%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

ALX vs. MAC, SKT, AKR, ROIC, GTY, BFS, SPG, O, KIM, and FRT

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), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Getty Realty (GTY), Saul Centers (BFS), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Alexander's has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Macerich's net margin of -12.26%. Alexander's' return on equity of 21.34% beat Macerich's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexander's18.03% 21.34% 2.87%
Macerich -12.26%-4.37%-1.44%

Alexander's presently has a consensus price target of $125.00, indicating a potential downside of 46.24%. Macerich has a consensus price target of $18.78, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. 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
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

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 4.1%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexander's$226.37M5.25$43.44M$7.7230.12
Macerich$918.20M4.53-$194.12M-$0.43-38.29

In the previous week, Alexander's had 3 more articles in the media than Macerich. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alexander's and 2 mentions for Macerich. Macerich's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Alexander's' score of 0.51 indicating that Macerich is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Alexander's has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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, 0.2% of Macerich shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALX vs. The Competition

MetricAlexander'sREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.19B$8.41B$12.09B$20.68B
Dividend Yield7.74%5.72%5.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio30.1241.3320.0528.10
Price / Sales5.254.9525.6038.21
Price / Cash14.6018.2021.6822.53
Price / Book6.711.672.284.58
Net Income$43.44M$128.99M$1.00B$986.06M
7 Day Performance3.61%1.53%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance2.45%3.36%4.63%5.46%
1 Year Performance4.47%0.97%538.61%15.06%

Alexander's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALX
Alexander's
1.0411 of 5 stars
$232.52
+0.7%
$125.00
-46.2%
+2.7%$1.19B$226.37M30.1270News Coverage
MAC
Macerich
2.4649 of 5 stars
$16.23
+0.4%
$18.78
+15.7%
+10.1%$4.08B$918.20M-37.74650
SKT
Tanger
2.9377 of 5 stars
$30.60
flat
$37.00
+20.9%
+21.1%$3.46B$526.06M36.43600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.4931 of 5 stars
$18.58
-0.6%
$25.00
+34.6%
+2.2%$2.45B$359.69M116.13120Positive News
ROIC
Retail Opportunity Investments
0.7414 of 5 stars
$17.51
+0.1%
$16.20
-7.5%
+40.9%$2.26B$327.73M38.0770High Trading Volume
GTY
Getty Realty
1.3125 of 5 stars
$27.59
-0.1%
$32.50
+17.8%
+4.6%$1.53B$203.39M22.8030
BFS
Saul Centers
3.8185 of 5 stars
$34.06
-0.1%
$45.50
+33.6%
-3.7%$825.49M$268.85M23.17110High Trading Volume
SPG
Simon Property Group
4.4428 of 5 stars
$160.75
+0.2%
$179.44
+11.6%
+12.3%$52.39B$5.96B25.603,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
O
Realty Income
3.867 of 5 stars
$57.63
+1.1%
$61.15
+6.1%
+10.0%$51.50B$5.27B52.39400Positive News
Ex-Dividend
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.0572 of 5 stars
$21.03
+0.5%
$24.68
+17.3%
+12.2%$14.16B$2.04B27.31N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.605 of 5 stars
$94.97
+0.3%
$112.54
+18.5%
-4.9%$8.12B$1.20B27.21320Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ALX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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