Regency Centers (REG) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Is REG or ARES more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.54% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.54%	5.91%	3.21%
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%

Do analysts prefer REG or ARES?

Regency Centers presently has a consensus price target of $78.08, indicating a potential upside of 7.79%. Ares Management has a consensus price target of $173.83, indicating a potential upside of 13.02%. Given Ares Management's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REG or ARES?

Ares Management received 556 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 46.88% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 45 46.88%	Underperform Votes 51 53.13%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 601 68.76%	Underperform Votes 273 31.24%

Which has more risk & volatility, REG or ARES?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, REG or ARES?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than Regency Centers. Regency Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regency Centers	$1.45B	9.04	$400.39M	$2.12	34.17
Ares Management	$5.19B	9.34	$440.96M	$2.03	75.77

Does the media favor REG or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 7 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ares Management and 17 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Ares Management's score of 0.88 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Management	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of REG or ARES?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is REG or ARES a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Ares Management beats Regency Centers on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.