BFS vs. SKT, MAC, AKR, ROIC, GTY, ALX, O, SPG, KIM, and FRT
Should you be buying Saul Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saul Centers include Tanger (SKT), Macerich (MAC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Getty Realty (GTY), Alexander's (ALX), Realty Income (O), Simon Property Group (SPG), Kimco Realty (KIM), and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) and Tanger (NYSE:SKT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Saul Centers has a net margin of 20.49% compared to Tanger's net margin of 19.65%. Tanger's return on equity of 17.28% beat Saul Centers' return on equity.
Tanger received 144 more outperform votes than Saul Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote.
Saul Centers has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tanger has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Tanger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Saul Centers pays out 136.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tanger pays out 120.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
50.0% of Saul Centers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Tanger shares are held by institutional investors. 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Tanger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tanger has higher revenue and earnings than Saul Centers. Saul Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tanger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saul Centers presently has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.29%. Tanger has a consensus price target of $30.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.84%. Given Saul Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Tanger.
In the previous week, Tanger had 2 more articles in the media than Saul Centers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tanger and 1 mentions for Saul Centers. Saul Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Tanger's score of 0.62 indicating that Saul Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tanger beats Saul Centers on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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