ALX vs. MAC, SKT, AKR, ROIC, GTY, BFS, SPG, O, KIM, and FRT
Should you be buying Alexander's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander's include Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Getty Realty (GTY), Saul Centers (BFS), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Macerich (NYSE:MAC) and Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Macerich received 350 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.01% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 51.74% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
Macerich currently has a consensus price target of $14.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.68%. Alexander's has a consensus price target of $145.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.67%. Given Alexander's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Macerich is more favorable than Alexander's.
Macerich has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander's has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Macerich pays out -43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexander's pays out 86.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
87.4% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Alexander's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Macerich shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Alexander's shares are held 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.
Alexander's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexander's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexander's has a net margin of 45.97% compared to Alexander's' net margin of -38.96%. Macerich's return on equity of 43.56% beat Alexander's' return on equity.
In the previous week, Macerich had 3 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Macerich and 6 mentions for Alexander's. Alexander's' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Macerich's score of -0.41 indicating that Macerich is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Macerich beats Alexander's on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Alexander's News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ALX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Alexander's Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
