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.
Spirit Realty Capital (NYSE:SRC) and Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Spirit Realty Capital presently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.73%. Agree Realty has a consensus price target of $65.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Spirit Realty Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agree Realty is more favorable than Spirit Realty Capital.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 13 more articles in the media than Spirit Realty Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Agree Realty and 0 mentions for Spirit Realty Capital. Spirit Realty Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Agree Realty's score of 0.22 indicating that Agree Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
96.1% of Spirit Realty Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Spirit Realty Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Agree Realty 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.
Spirit Realty Capital has a net margin of 33.98% compared to Spirit Realty Capital's net margin of 30.91%. Agree Realty's return on equity of 5.83% beat Spirit Realty Capital's return on equity.
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 pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Agree Realty has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Spirit Realty Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Spirit Realty Capital has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agree Realty has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agree Realty beats Spirit Realty Capital on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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