ADC vs. KRG, RYN, NNN, FRT, PCH, MAC, SKT, AKR, ROIC, and KIM
Should you be buying Agree Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agree Realty include Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Rayonier (RYN), NNN REIT (NNN), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), and Kimco Realty (KIM). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Agree Realty has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agree Realty has a net margin of 30.91% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of 6.83%. Agree Realty's return on equity of 3.48% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.
Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 6 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Agree Realty and 6 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Agree Realty's score of 1.32 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 55.66% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agree Realty presently has a consensus target price of $65.83, indicating a potential upside of 11.07%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus target price of $26.40, indicating a potential upside of 25.83%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Agree Realty.
Summary
Agree Realty beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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