BRX vs. PECO, REG, AKR, BFS, FRT, KIM, KRG, SITC, SPG, and UE
Should you be buying Brixmor Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brixmor Property Group include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Regency Centers (REG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Saul Centers (BFS), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Site Centers (SITC), Simon Property Group (SPG), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - retail" industry.
Brixmor Property Group vs. Its Competitors
Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brixmor Property Group has a net margin of 24.58% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 10.51%. Brixmor Property Group's return on equity of 10.97% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Brixmor Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Brixmor Property Group 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.
In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 8 more articles in the media than Brixmor Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 3 mentions for Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.70 indicating that Brixmor Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by 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.
Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Brixmor Property Group pays out 109.5% 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 215.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brixmor Property Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Brixmor Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Brixmor Property Group presently has a consensus target price of $30.30, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus target price of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.90%. Given Brixmor Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..
Summary
Brixmor Property Group beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
