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Saul Centers (BFS) Competitors

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BFS vs. PECO, REG, AKR, ALEX, BRX, FRT, KIM, KRG, OLP, and UE

Should you be buying Saul Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saul Centers include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Regency Centers (REG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), One Liberty Properties (OLP), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Saul Centers vs. Its Competitors

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) 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.

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus target price of $38.86, indicating a potential upside of 12.60%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Saul Centers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Saul Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. 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.

Saul Centers has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 2 more articles in the media than Saul Centers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 1 mentions for Saul Centers. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Saul Centers' score of -0.19 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Saul Centers
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Saul Centers has a net margin of 15.51% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 9.91%. Saul Centers' return on equity of 13.79% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Saul Centers15.51% 13.79% 2.03%
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. 9.91%2.64%1.35%

Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Saul Centers pays out 178.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 236.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Saul Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Saul Centers. Saul Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Saul Centers$268.85M2.72$50.65M$1.3222.72
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.$661.39M6.55$62.69M$0.5562.75

Summary

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. beats Saul Centers 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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BFS vs. The Competition

MetricSaul CentersREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$730.03M$12.37B$12.49B$21.78B
Dividend Yield7.88%4.69%5.61%3.62%
P/E Ratio22.7231.4631.8429.72
Price / Sales2.727.3429.6860.38
Price / Cash7.0015.8222.2424.37
Price / Book2.292.752.234.59
Net Income$50.65M$303.64M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.78%2.15%0.17%1.25%
1 Month Performance-5.91%-3.44%-1.62%-0.58%
1 Year Performance-25.61%-9.97%533.66%10.47%

Saul Centers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BFS
Saul Centers
1.5243 of 5 stars
$30.00
+0.1%
N/A-26.3%$730.03M$268.85M22.72110
PECO
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.
3.3078 of 5 stars
$33.60
-0.4%
$39.17
+16.6%
-8.7%$4.24B$661.39M61.09290Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
REG
Regency Centers
4.5239 of 5 stars
$71.14
-0.8%
$79.09
+11.2%
-0.7%$13.01B$1.45B33.24440
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.0829 of 5 stars
$19.93
-0.3%
$23.50
+17.9%
-21.6%$2.62B$359.69M124.57120Positive News
ALEX
Alexander & Baldwin
3.8434 of 5 stars
$17.41
-2.3%
$24.00
+37.9%
-11.9%$1.30B$236.67M16.27140
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.7669 of 5 stars
$26.88
0.0%
$30.75
+14.4%
-3.9%$8.23B$1.33B24.44500News Coverage
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.5736 of 5 stars
$98.81
-0.6%
$109.85
+11.2%
-13.6%$8.58B$1.20B25.02320Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.5435 of 5 stars
$21.52
+0.2%
$24.92
+15.8%
-11.2%$14.54B$2.04B25.93640
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
4.6543 of 5 stars
$22.30
+0.5%
$26.50
+18.8%
-16.0%$4.88B$841.84M28.23240Positive News
OLP
One Liberty Properties
2.2555 of 5 stars
$21.73
-2.3%
N/A-26.2%$480.17M$90.56M16.849Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
UE
Urban Edge Properties
3.2701 of 5 stars
$19.94
-0.5%
$22.25
+11.6%
-10.7%$2.52B$444.97M23.74120

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This page (NYSE:BFS) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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