CBL & Associates Properties (CBL) Competitors

Tanger (NYSE:SKT) and CBL & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SKT or CBL?

85.2% of Tanger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Tanger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SKT or CBL?

Tanger has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBL & Associates Properties has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SKT or CBL?

Tanger presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.62%. Given Tanger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tanger is more favorable than CBL & Associates Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tanger	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CBL & Associates Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SKT or CBL a better dividend stock?

Tanger pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. CBL & Associates Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Tanger pays out 139.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CBL & Associates Properties pays out 85.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and CBL & Associates Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. CBL & Associates Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SKT or CBL?

Tanger received 78 more outperform votes than CBL & Associates Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.94% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave CBL & Associates Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tanger	Outperform Votes 405 57.94%	Underperform Votes 294 42.06%
CBL & Associates Properties	Outperform Votes 327 54.59%	Underperform Votes 272 45.41%

Does the media refer more to SKT or CBL?

In the previous week, Tanger had 1 more articles in the media than CBL & Associates Properties. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tanger and 0 mentions for CBL & Associates Properties. Tanger's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat CBL & Associates Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Tanger is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tanger	Very Positive
CBL & Associates Properties	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, SKT or CBL?

Tanger has higher revenue and earnings than CBL & Associates Properties. CBL & Associates Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tanger, 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
Tanger	$538.06M	6.24	$99.15M	$0.84	35.35
CBL & Associates Properties	$515.56M	1.45	$58.97M	$1.87	13.03

Is SKT or CBL more profitable?

Tanger has a net margin of 18.65% compared to CBL & Associates Properties' net margin of 11.44%. CBL & Associates Properties' return on equity of 19.40% beat Tanger's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tanger	18.65%	16.16%	4.24%
CBL & Associates Properties	11.44%	19.40%	2.56%

Summary

Tanger beats CBL & Associates Properties on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.