MAC vs. KIM, FRT, ADC, NNN, KRG, SKT, AKR, ROIC, GTY, and ALX
Should you be buying Macerich stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macerich include Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Agree Realty (ADC), NNN REIT (NNN), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Getty Realty (GTY), and Alexander's (ALX). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Macerich vs.
Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 7 more articles in the media than Macerich. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Kimco Realty and 5 mentions for Macerich. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Macerich's score of 0.91 indicating that Kimco Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Macerich pays out -158.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimco Realty has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Kimco Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Kimco Realty presently has a consensus price target of $24.68, suggesting a potential upside of 19.13%. Macerich has a consensus price target of $18.95, suggesting a potential upside of 23.05%. Given Macerich's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Macerich is more favorable than Kimco Realty.
Kimco Realty has a net margin of 20.17% compared to Macerich's net margin of 8.98%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 3.82% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Kimco Realty received 204 more outperform votes than Macerich when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.99% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 50.85% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Macerich shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimco Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kimco Realty beats Macerich on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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