KIM vs. SPG, O, FRT, NNN, ADC, KRG, MAC, SKT, AKR, and ROIC
Should you be buying Kimco Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimco Realty include Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), NNN REIT (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), and Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kimco Realty. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimco Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 46.49% compared to Simon Property Group's net margin of 19.17%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 78.50% beat Simon Property Group's return on equity.
Simon Property Group received 198 more outperform votes than Kimco Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote.
Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Simon Property Group pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimco Realty pays out 181.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Kimco Realty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Simon Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Simon Property Group had 8 more articles in the media than Kimco Realty. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Simon Property Group and 13 mentions for Kimco Realty. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Simon Property Group currently has a consensus price target of $145.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.95%. Kimco Realty has a consensus price target of $21.52, suggesting a potential upside of 11.17%. Given Simon Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than Simon Property Group.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats Kimco Realty on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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