BFS vs. ALX, ROIC, AKR, SKT, RWT, BDN, NXRT, UNIT, ARR, and PLYM
Should you be buying Saul Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saul Centers include Alexander's (ALX), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Tanger (SKT), Redwood Trust (RWT), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), Uniti Group (UNIT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), and Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) and Alexander's (NYSE:ALX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Saul Centers had 4 more articles in the media than Alexander's. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Saul Centers and 5 mentions for Alexander's. Saul Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Alexander's' score of -0.30 indicating that Saul Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Alexander's shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Alexander's 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.
Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Alexander's pays an annual dividend of $18.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Saul Centers pays out 136.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexander's pays out 86.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexander's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Saul Centers has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander's has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander's has a net margin of 45.97% compared to Saul Centers' net margin of 20.25%. Alexander's' return on equity of 43.56% beat Saul Centers' return on equity.
Saul Centers received 130 more outperform votes than Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.08% of users gave Alexander's an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote.
Saul Centers presently has a consensus price target of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.75%. Alexander's has a consensus price target of $145.00, indicating a potential downside of 33.53%. Given Saul Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Alexander's.
Alexander's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Saul Centers. Alexander's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saul Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Saul Centers beats Alexander's on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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