Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) Competitors

Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, KRG or KIM?

Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KRG or KIM?

Kimco Realty received 331 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 55.43% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kite Realty Group Trust	Outperform Votes 352 55.43%	Underperform Votes 283 44.57%
Kimco Realty	Outperform Votes 683 64.92%	Underperform Votes 369 35.08%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KRG or KIM?

90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KRG or KIM more profitable?

Kimco Realty has a net margin of 20.17% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of 0.48%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 3.82% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kite Realty Group Trust	0.48%	0.12%	0.06%
Kimco Realty	20.17%	3.82%	2.07%

Is KRG or KIM a better dividend stock?

Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 1,542.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Kite Realty Group Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Kimco Realty has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Kite Realty Group Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate KRG or KIM?

Kite Realty Group Trust currently has a consensus price target of $27.63, suggesting a potential upside of 23.00%. Kimco Realty has a consensus price target of $24.68, suggesting a potential upside of 17.57%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Kimco Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kite Realty Group Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Kimco Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Does the media favor KRG or KIM?

In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 1 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kimco Realty and 4 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Kimco Realty's score of 1.19 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kite Realty Group Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Kimco Realty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, KRG or KIM?

Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Kite Realty Group Trust. Kimco Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, 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
Kite Realty Group Trust	$856.17M	5.77	$4.07M	$0.07	320.86
Kimco Realty	$2.07B	6.86	$410.79M	$0.77	27.26

Summary

Kimco Realty beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.