Saul Centers (BFS) Competitors

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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ALX or BFS?

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.

Do analysts prefer ALX or BFS?

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

Is ALX or BFS a better dividend stock?

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.

Is ALX or BFS more profitable?

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, ALX or BFS?

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.

Does the media favor ALX or BFS?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ALX or BFS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alexander's	$209.54 million	3.83	$57.63 million	$10.60	14.80
Saul Centers	$245.86 million	3.32	$50.19 million	$1.64	20.79

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALX or BFS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alexander's	Outperform Votes 121 57.35%	Underperform Votes 90 42.65%
Saul Centers	Outperform 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.