SKT vs. MAC, ROIC, AKR, BFS, ALX, RPT, UBA, KRG, ADC, and FRT
Should you be buying Tanger Factory Outlet Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers include Macerich (MAC), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Saul Centers (BFS), Alexander's (ALX), RPT Realty (RPT), Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Agree Realty (ADC), and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers vs.
Macerich (NYSE:MAC) and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (NYSE:SKT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers has a net margin of 19.12% compared to Macerich's net margin of -10.21%. Tanger Factory Outlet Centers' return on equity of 16.52% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Macerich has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Macerich had 3 more articles in the media than Tanger Factory Outlet Centers. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Macerich and 4 mentions for Tanger Factory Outlet Centers. Tanger Factory Outlet Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Macerich's score of 0.65 indicating that Tanger Factory Outlet Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Macerich received 79 more outperform votes than Tanger Factory Outlet Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.55% of users gave Tanger Factory Outlet Centers an outperform vote while only 52.72% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
80.8% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Macerich shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Macerich presently has a consensus price target of $11.78, suggesting a potential upside of 25.56%. Tanger Factory Outlet Centers has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.51%. Given Macerich's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macerich is more favorable than Tanger Factory Outlet Centers.
Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Tanger Factory Outlet Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Macerich pays out -170.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tanger Factory Outlet Centers pays out 124.1% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Macerich is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers beats Macerich on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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