CBL vs. BFS, ALX, ROIC, AKR, DX, CHCT, KREF, INN, NXRT, and BDN
Should you be buying CBL & Associates Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CBL & Associates Properties include Saul Centers (BFS), Alexander's (ALX), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Dynex Capital (DX), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), and Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) and CBL & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.5% of Saul Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CBL & Associates Properties had 3 more articles in the media than Saul Centers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CBL & Associates Properties and 0 mentions for Saul Centers. CBL & Associates Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Saul Centers'average media sentiment score.
Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. CBL & Associates Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Saul Centers pays out 136.4% 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 941.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CBL & Associates Properties has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. CBL & Associates Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Saul Centers has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBL & Associates Properties has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Saul Centers presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.41%. Given CBL & Associates Properties' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than CBL & Associates Properties.
Saul Centers has a net margin of 20.49% compared to Saul Centers' net margin of 1.22%. CBL & Associates Properties' return on equity of 16.14% beat Saul Centers' return on equity.
Saul Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CBL & Associates Properties. Saul Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBL & Associates Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CBL & Associates Properties received 71 more outperform votes than Saul Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.36% of users gave CBL & Associates Properties an outperform vote while only 53.94% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote.
Summary
Saul Centers and CBL & Associates Properties tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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