REG vs. PECO, AKR, BRX, FRT, KIM, KRG, NNN, O, SPG, and UE
Should you be buying Regency Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regency Centers include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), NNN REIT (NNN), Realty Income (O), Simon Property Group (SPG), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Regency Centers vs. Its Competitors
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Regency Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 10.51%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 5.98% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 215.8% 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 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. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. presently has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.22%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $77.54, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..
In the previous week, Regency Centers had 4 more articles in the media than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Regency Centers and 7 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.61 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Regency Centers beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:REG) was last updated on 7/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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