St. Joe (JOE) Competitors

St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) and Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer JOE or BRX?

Brixmor Property Group has a consensus target price of $30.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.18%. Given Brixmor Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than St. Joe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. Joe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Brixmor Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is JOE or BRX a better dividend stock?

St. Joe pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. St. Joe pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brixmor Property Group pays out 104.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. St. Joe has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Brixmor Property Group has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Brixmor Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, JOE or BRX?

St. Joe has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer JOE or BRX?

In the previous week, St. Joe had 25 more articles in the media than Brixmor Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for St. Joe and 15 mentions for Brixmor Property Group. Brixmor Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat St. Joe's score of -0.03 indicating that Brixmor Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
St. Joe	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brixmor Property Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, JOE or BRX?

Brixmor Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than St. Joe. Brixmor Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Joe, 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
St. Joe	$402.70M	7.38	$74.19M	$1.42	36.13
Brixmor Property Group	$1.29B	6.64	$339.27M	$1.10	25.35

Is JOE or BRX more profitable?

Brixmor Property Group has a net margin of 25.27% compared to St. Joe's net margin of 19.39%. Brixmor Property Group's return on equity of 11.39% beat St. Joe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. Joe	19.39%	11.19%	5.35%
Brixmor Property Group	25.27%	11.39%	3.85%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in JOE or BRX?

86.7% of St. Joe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of St. Joe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Brixmor Property Group beats St. Joe on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.