BRX vs. AVB, IRM, EQR, SBAC, WY, VTR, ARE, ESS, MAA, and SUI
Should you be buying Brixmor Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brixmor Property Group include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Iron Mountain (IRM), Equity Residential (EQR), SBA Communications (SBAC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and Sun Communities (SUI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to AvalonBay Communities' net margin of 22.47%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.84% beat Brixmor Property Group's return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $207.76, suggesting a potential upside of 0.63%. Brixmor Property Group has a consensus price target of $25.13, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 3 more articles in the media than Brixmor Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 7 mentions for Brixmor Property Group. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Brixmor Property Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Brixmor Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brixmor Property Group pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AvalonBay Communities received 236 more outperform votes than Brixmor Property Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Brixmor Property Group an outperform vote.
AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Brixmor Property Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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