ADC vs. SRC, RHP, BRX, PSB, KIM, FRT, NNN, KRG, MAC, and SKT
Should you be buying Agree Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agree Realty include Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), PS Business Parks (PSB), Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), NNN REIT (NNN), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Macerich (MAC), and Tanger (SKT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and Spirit Realty Capital (NYSE:SRC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 14 more articles in the media than Spirit Realty Capital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Agree Realty and 0 mentions for Spirit Realty Capital. Agree Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Spirit Realty Capital's score of 0.22 indicating that Agree Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spirit Realty Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Agree Realty. Spirit Realty Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agree Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spirit Realty Capital has a net margin of 33.98% compared to Agree Realty's net margin of 30.91%. Spirit Realty Capital's return on equity of 5.83% beat Agree Realty's return on equity.
Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Spirit Realty Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Agree Realty pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Spirit Realty Capital pays out 153.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Spirit Realty Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Agree Realty presently has a consensus target price of $65.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.43%. Spirit Realty Capital has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.73%. Given Agree Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Agree Realty is more favorable than Spirit Realty Capital.
Agree Realty has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirit Realty Capital has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agree Realty received 54 more outperform votes than Spirit Realty Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Agree Realty an outperform vote while only 56.43% of users gave Spirit Realty Capital an outperform vote.
97.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Spirit Realty Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Spirit Realty Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Agree Realty beats Spirit Realty Capital on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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