FRT vs. NNN, ADC, KRG, KIM, MAC, SKT, COLD, BXP, HR, and EGP
Should you be buying Federal Realty Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Realty Investment Trust include National Retail Properties (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Kimco Realty (KIM), Macerich (MAC), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Boston Properties (BXP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and EastGroup Properties (EGP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Federal Realty Investment Trust vs.
National Retail Properties (NYSE:NNN) and Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
Federal Realty Investment Trust received 26 more outperform votes than National Retail Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.89% of users gave National Retail Properties an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave Federal Realty Investment Trust an outperform vote.
National Retail Properties has a net margin of 43.29% compared to Federal Realty Investment Trust's net margin of 35.88%. Federal Realty Investment Trust's return on equity of 14.06% beat National Retail Properties' return on equity.
National Retail Properties has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Realty Investment Trust has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
National Retail Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Federal Realty Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. National Retail Properties pays out 117.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Federal Realty Investment Trust pays out 92.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Retail Properties has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Federal Realty Investment Trust has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years.
National Retail Properties currently has a consensus price target of $49.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.75%. Federal Realty Investment Trust has a consensus price target of $117.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.00%. Given Federal Realty Investment Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Federal Realty Investment Trust is more favorable than National Retail Properties.
In the previous week, Federal Realty Investment Trust had 9 more articles in the media than National Retail Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Federal Realty Investment Trust and 4 mentions for National Retail Properties. National Retail Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Federal Realty Investment Trust's score of 0.64 indicating that National Retail Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.6% of National Retail Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Federal Realty Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of National Retail Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Federal Realty Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Federal Realty Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than National Retail Properties. Federal Realty Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Retail Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Federal Realty Investment Trust beats National Retail Properties on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Federal Realty Investment Trust Competitors List
