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).
Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) and St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Alexander & Baldwin presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than St. Joe.
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 beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. Joe has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 20.25% compared to St. Joe's net margin of 20.10%. St. Joe's return on equity of 11.69% beat Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity.
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 14 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for St. Joe and 7 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat St. Joe's score of 0.16 indicating that Alexander & Baldwin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. St. Joe pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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 pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of St. Joe shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of St. Joe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
St. Joe beats Alexander & Baldwin on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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