ALEX vs. JOE, TRC, MAC, CUZ, CTRE, PECO, KRC, IRT, SLG, and AHR
Should you be buying Alexander & Baldwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander & Baldwin include St. Joe (JOE), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Macerich (MAC), Cousins Properties (CUZ), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), SL Green Realty (SLG), and American Healthcare REIT (AHR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Alexander & Baldwin vs.
St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) and Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Alexander & Baldwin received 139 more outperform votes than St. Joe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.45% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave St. Joe an outperform vote.
86.7% of St. Joe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of St. Joe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held 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.
St. Joe has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 19.64% compared to St. Joe's net margin of 17.76%. St. Joe's return on equity of 9.58% beat Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity.
In the previous week, St. Joe had 20 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for St. Joe and 4 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat St. Joe's score of 0.13 indicating that Alexander & Baldwin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.31%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than St. Joe.
St. Joe pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. St. Joe pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexander & Baldwin pays out 145.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
St. Joe has higher revenue and earnings than Alexander & Baldwin. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Joe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
St. Joe and Alexander & Baldwin tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALEX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
