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$16.72 +0.14 (+0.81%)
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MAC vs. AKR, BRX, FRT, KIM, SKT, SPG, UE, ADC, NNN, and KRG

Should you be buying Macerich stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macerich include Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Tanger (SKT), Simon Property Group (SPG), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Agree Realty (ADC), NNN REIT (NNN), and Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Macerich vs. Its Competitors

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Acadia Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.49%. Macerich has a consensus target price of $19.26, suggesting a potential upside of 15.24%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than Macerich.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Macerich
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

Acadia Realty Trust has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Macerich's net margin of -12.26%. Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity of 0.79% beat Macerich's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust5.31% 0.79% 0.45%
Macerich -12.26%-4.37%-1.44%

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Macerich had 6 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Macerich and 6 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Macerich's score of 0.91 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acadia Realty Trust
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Macerich
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Macerich pays out -158.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acadia Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Acadia Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Acadia Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Realty Trust$386.07M6.26$21.65M$0.16115.33
Macerich$918.20M4.60-$194.12M-$0.43-38.87

Summary

Acadia Realty Trust beats Macerich on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MAC vs. The Competition

MetricMacerichREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.22B$11.88B$12.22B$20.63B
Dividend Yield4.07%4.76%5.63%3.65%
P/E Ratio-38.8730.7819.3228.07
Price / Sales4.607.0626.2776.23
Price / Cash30.2915.4018.2317.60
Price / Book1.462.642.224.61
Net Income-$194.12M$303.64M$1.00B$994.05M
7 Day Performance1.24%-0.93%0.34%0.54%
1 Month Performance2.77%-3.90%-0.02%-0.97%
1 Year Performance11.36%-7.03%543.78%14.31%

Macerich Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAC
Macerich
3.0754 of 5 stars
$16.72
+0.8%
$19.26
+15.2%
+11.4%$4.22B$918.20M-38.87650
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.546 of 5 stars
$18.77
+1.4%
$25.00
+33.2%
-14.4%$2.46B$386.07M117.31120Dividend Announcement
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.4128 of 5 stars
$25.92
+1.7%
$30.08
+16.1%
+0.3%$7.93B$1.29B23.56500Positive News
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7423 of 5 stars
$91.51
+1.0%
$111.29
+21.6%
-19.0%$7.85B$1.20B26.22320Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4274 of 5 stars
$21.05
+1.5%
$24.57
+16.7%
-4.8%$14.24B$2.04B25.36640Positive News
SKT
Tanger
3.1016 of 5 stars
$30.49
+3.3%
$36.40
+19.4%
+13.6%$3.45B$526.06M36.29600Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
SPG
Simon Property Group
4.7526 of 5 stars
$163.72
+1.9%
$182.73
+11.6%
+4.0%$53.44B$5.99B26.073,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
UE
Urban Edge Properties
2.8936 of 5 stars
$19.45
+2.2%
$22.00
+13.1%
-2.4%$2.45B$461.04M23.15120Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
ADC
Agree Realty
3.6972 of 5 stars
$75.10
+1.9%
$80.32
+7.0%
+1.8%$8.26B$617.09M44.7080Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NNN
NNN REIT
3.4099 of 5 stars
$43.08
+2.5%
$44.38
+3.0%
-9.4%$8.10B$884.71M20.1380Earnings Report
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
4.2308 of 5 stars
$21.82
+0.8%
$27.11
+24.3%
-14.2%$4.80B$857.13M27.62240Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MAC) was last updated on 8/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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