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NYSE:BFS

Saul Centers (BFS) Competitors

$34.10
+0.37 (+1.10%)
(As of 05/26/2023 07:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$33.54
$34.16
50-Day Range
$33.06
$39.00
52-Week Range
$32.13
$52.94
Volume
21,500 shs
Average Volume
34,883 shs
Market Capitalization
$816.01 million
P/E Ratio
20.79
Dividend Yield
6.92%
Price Target
$46.00

BFS vs. ALX, RPT, UBA, AKR, ROIC, MAC, SKT, PKST, CHCT, and CSR

Should you be buying Saul Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saul Centers include Alexander's (ALX), 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.

Saul Centers vs.

Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 50.5% of Saul Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 probable upside, analysts clearly believe Saul Centers 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
Saul Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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. Saul Centers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexander's 25.93% 22.74% 3.87%
Saul Centers 20.40% 14.85% 2.76%

Alexander's has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexander's$209.54 million3.83$57.63 million$10.6014.80
Saul Centers$245.86 million3.32$50.19 million$1.6420.79

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alexander'sOutperform Votes
121
57.35%
Underperform Votes
90
42.65%
Saul CentersOutperform Votes
248
53.91%
Underperform Votes
212
46.09%

Summary

Saul Centers beats Alexander's on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BFS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 CentersReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$816.01M$5.55B$5.94B$14.37B
Dividend Yield6.92%7.46%9.71%4.09%
P/E Ratio20.7929.94149.0818.00
Price / Sales3.326.213,787.038.77
Price / Cash8.0610.0432.0015.14
Price / Book2.422.031.806.91
Net Income$50.19M$196.05M$642.23M$895.50M
7 Day Performance-2.77%-1.30%0.06%-1.51%
1 Month Performance-5.36%-3.09%-1.20%-1.97%
1 Year Performance-30.65%-24.31%7.91%-10.22%

Saul Centers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALX
Alexander's
1.2437 of 5 stars
$165.36
+2.8%
$160.00
-3.2%
-36.8%$844.99M$205.81M15.6070Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
RPT
RPT Realty
2.2831 of 5 stars
$9.28
-0.3%
$11.50
+23.9%
-25.2%$804.45M$213.81M11.46125
UBA
Urstadt Biddle Properties
1.8406 of 5 stars
$19.76
-1.5%
$19.00
-3.8%
+7.9%$777.16M$143.10M27.83106Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
2.5525 of 5 stars
$13.18
+1.5%
$18.17
+37.8%
-35.9%$1.25B$326.29M-30.65123Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ROIC
Retail Opportunity Investments
2.8758 of 5 stars
$12.49
-0.2%
$16.00
+28.1%
-33.2%$1.57B$312.93M32.8768Short Interest ↓
MAC
Macerich
2.2459 of 5 stars
$9.71
-3.4%
$12.00
+23.6%
-20.6%$2.09B$859.16M-24.27639Analyst Report
SKT
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers
1.6739 of 5 stars
$19.98
+1.0%
$19.50
-2.4%
+13.7%$2.10B$442.69M25.29310Short Interest ↑
PKST
Peakstone Realty Trust
0 of 5 stars
$24.39
-1.6%
N/AN/A$876.82MN/A0.00N/A
CHCT
Community Healthcare Trust
3.073 of 5 stars
$34.13
+2.2%
$43.50
+27.5%
-13.7%$878.29M$101.37M117.6930Positive News
CSR
Centerspace
2.6852 of 5 stars
$60.34
+0.6%
$70.00
+16.0%
-30.3%$902.69M$256.72M29.01394Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BFS) was last updated on 5/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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