MAC vs. KIM, ADC, FRT, 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), Agree Realty (ADC), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), 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. Its Competitors
Macerich (NYSE:MAC) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
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.
Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Macerich pays out -158.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Kimco Realty has raised 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.
Macerich presently has a consensus target price of $18.78, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Kimco Realty has a consensus target price of $24.68, suggesting a potential upside of 15.94%. Given Kimco Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than Macerich.
Macerich has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kimco Realty has a net margin of 26.79% compared to Macerich's net margin of -12.26%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 5.17% beat Macerich's return on equity.
87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Macerich shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 12 more articles in the media than Macerich. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kimco Realty and 5 mentions for Macerich. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Macerich's score of 0.08 indicating that Kimco Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kimco Realty beats Macerich on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MAC) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
