KIM vs. REG, AKR, BRX, FRT, KRG, MAC, O, UE, SPG, and ADC
Should you be buying Kimco Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimco Realty include Regency Centers (REG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Macerich (MAC), Realty Income (O), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Simon Property Group (SPG), and Agree Realty (ADC). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - retail" industry.
Kimco Realty vs. Its Competitors
Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Regency Centers. Kimco Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimco Realty has a net margin of 28.54% compared to Regency Centers' net margin of 27.00%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 6.05% beat Kimco Realty's return on equity.
89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Kimco Realty pays out 120.5% 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. Kimco Realty has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Kimco Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kimco Realty currently has a consensus price target of $24.57, suggesting a potential upside of 16.02%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $77.92, suggesting a potential upside of 7.42%. Given Kimco Realty's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than Regency Centers.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 9 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Kimco Realty and 10 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Kimco Realty's score of 0.77 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kimco Realty and Regency Centers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KIM) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff