KRG vs. KIM, FRT, NNN, ADC, MAC, SKT, AKR, ROIC, GTY, and ALX
Should you be buying Kite Realty Group Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kite Realty Group Trust include Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), NNN REIT (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Macerich (MAC), 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.
Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Kimco Realty received 329 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kite Realty Group Trust presently has a consensus target price of $26.40, indicating a potential upside of 20.44%. Kimco Realty has a consensus target price of $21.52, indicating a potential upside of 11.17%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Kimco Realty.
Kimco Realty has a net margin of 19.17% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of 6.83%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 3.54% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.
Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Kite Realty Group Trust. Kimco Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 384.6% 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 pays out 181.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimco Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 6 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kimco Realty and 7 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Kimco Realty's score of 0.70 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kimco Realty beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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