ALEX vs. JOE, TRC, KRG, EPRT, VNO, RYN, KRC, PECO, HASI, and IRT
Should you be buying Alexander & Baldwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander & Baldwin include St. Joe (JOE), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and Independence Realty Trust (IRT).
St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) and Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 20.25% compared to Alexander & Baldwin's net margin of 20.10%. Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity of 11.69% beat St. Joe's return on equity.
St. Joe pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. St. Joe pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexander & Baldwin pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. St. Joe has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Alexander & Baldwin has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
St. Joe has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.7% of St. Joe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of St. Joe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
St. Joe has higher revenue and earnings than Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Joe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, St. Joe had 13 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for St. Joe and 7 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. St. Joe's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of 0.06 indicating that Alexander & Baldwin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexander & Baldwin received 133 more outperform votes than St. Joe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave St. Joe an outperform vote.
Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.12%. Given St. Joe's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than St. Joe.
Summary
St. Joe beats Alexander & Baldwin on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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