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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Acadia Realty Trust beats Macerich on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MAC) was last updated on 8/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff