Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT) Competitors

Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Do analysts recommend FCPT or REG?

Four Corners Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.59%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $79.09, suggesting a potential upside of 11.18%. Given Four Corners Property Trust's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Four Corners Property Trust is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FCPT or REG?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Four Corners Property Trust. Four Corners Property Trust 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
Four Corners Property Trust	$268.07M	9.29	$100.47M	$1.08	22.08
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.88	$400.39M	$2.14	33.24

Which has more volatility & risk, FCPT or REG?

Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FCPT or REG?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 4 more articles in the media than Four Corners Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Regency Centers and 8 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Four Corners Property Trust's score of 0.86 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regency Centers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FCPT or REG?

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FCPT or REG more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.87% compared to Regency Centers' net margin of 27.00%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.40% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.87%	7.40%	3.96%
Regency Centers	27.00%	6.05%	3.22%

Is FCPT or REG a better dividend stock?

Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 131.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers pays out 131.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Four Corners Property Trust has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Four Corners Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Regency Centers beats Four Corners Property Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.