CTO Realty Growth (CTO) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Is REG or CTO a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CTO Realty Growth pays out -370.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. CTO Realty Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is REG or CTO more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to CTO Realty Growth's net margin of -4.20%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 5.98% beat CTO Realty Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.21%	5.98%	3.22%
CTO Realty Growth	-4.20%	-0.97%	-0.48%

Do analysts rate REG or CTO?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus price target of $78.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.18%. CTO Realty Growth has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.19%. Given CTO Realty Growth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
CTO Realty Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67

Does the media prefer REG or CTO?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 10 more articles in the media than CTO Realty Growth. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Regency Centers and 9 mentions for CTO Realty Growth. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat CTO Realty Growth's score of 0.53 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CTO Realty Growth	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in REG or CTO?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, REG or CTO?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, REG or CTO?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than CTO Realty Growth. CTO Realty Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency 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
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.84	$400.39M	$2.12	33.39
CTO Realty Growth	$132.20M	4.41	-$1.97M	-$0.41	-43.15

Summary

Regency Centers beats CTO Realty Growth on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.