Kimco Realty (KIM) Competitors

Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the media prefer KIM or SPG?

In the previous week, Simon Property Group had 16 more articles in the media than Kimco Realty. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Simon Property Group and 8 mentions for Kimco Realty. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.83 indicating that Kimco Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kimco Realty	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simon Property Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer KIM or SPG?

Kimco Realty currently has a consensus target price of $24.68, suggesting a potential upside of 17.63%. Simon Property Group has a consensus target price of $179.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.14%. Given Kimco Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than Simon Property Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimco Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Simon Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KIM or SPG?

Simon Property Group received 199 more outperform votes than Kimco Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimco Realty	Outperform Votes 683 64.92%	Underperform Votes 369 35.08%
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 882 73.44%	Underperform Votes 319 26.56%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, KIM or SPG?

Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kimco Realty. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimco Realty, 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
Kimco Realty	$2.07B	6.86	$410.79M	$0.77	27.25
Simon Property Group	$5.99B	8.69	$2.37B	$6.28	25.42

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in KIM or SPG?

89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KIM or SPG a better dividend stock?

Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $8.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Kimco Realty pays out 129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group pays out 133.8% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Simon Property Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Simon Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, KIM or SPG?

Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KIM or SPG more profitable?

Simon Property Group has a net margin of 41.49% compared to Kimco Realty's net margin of 20.17%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 74.02% beat Kimco Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kimco Realty	20.17%	3.82%	2.07%
Simon Property Group	41.49%	74.02%	7.46%

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Kimco Realty on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.