KRG vs. ADC, MAC, SKT, AKR, NNN, ROIC, FRT, KIM, EPRT, and VNO
Should you be buying Kite Realty Group Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kite Realty Group Trust include Agree Realty (ADC), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), NNN REIT (NNN), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) and Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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 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. Agree Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 55.75% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 5 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Agree Realty and 6 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Agree Realty's score of 0.97 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agree Realty has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Agree Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Kite Realty Group Trust presently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.47%. Agree Realty has a consensus price target of $65.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.76%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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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