KIM vs. REG, AKR, BRX, FRT, KRG, MAC, O, UE, SPG, and NNN
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 NNN REIT (NNN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Kimco Realty vs. Its Competitors
Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 4 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kimco Realty and 9 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Kimco Realty's score of 0.76 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Kimco Realty's net margin of 26.79%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 5.98% beat Kimco Realty's return on equity.
Kimco Realty currently has a consensus target price of $24.70, suggesting a potential upside of 15.64%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.62%. Given Kimco Realty's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than Regency Centers.
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.
89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 4.1%. 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. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimco Realty has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Kimco Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Regency Centers beats Kimco Realty on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KIM) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff