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
Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Kimco Realty has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Kimco Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Regency Centers has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 1 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kimco Realty and 9 mentions for Regency Centers. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Regency Centers' score of 1.01 indicating that Kimco Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regency Centers presently has a consensus target price of $77.54, indicating a potential upside of 10.98%. Kimco Realty has a consensus target price of $24.70, indicating a potential upside of 13.98%. Given Kimco Realty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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.
Summary
Regency Centers and Kimco Realty 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 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff