KRG vs. ADC, MAC, SKT, AKR, NNN, ROIC, FRT, KIM, EPRT, and VNO
Should you be buying Kite Realty Group Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kite Realty Group Trust include Agree Realty (ADC), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), NNN REIT (NNN), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Agree Realty has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agree Realty currently has a consensus price target of $65.83, suggesting a potential upside of 9.09%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.52%. Given Agree Realty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Agree Realty.
Agree Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kite Realty Group Trust. Agree 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.
97.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agree Realty received 92 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.54% of users gave Agree Realty an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. 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. Agree Realty has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Kite Realty Group Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Agree Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 12 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Agree Realty and 5 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Agree Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Kite Realty Group Trust's score of 0.99 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agree Realty has a net margin of 30.91% compared to Agree Realty's net margin of 6.83%. Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity of 3.48% beat Agree Realty's return on equity.
Summary
Agree Realty beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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