ALEX vs. JOE, TRC, MAC, KRG, CUZ, IRT, CTRE, PECO, AHR, and SLG
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), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), and SL Green Realty (SLG). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
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.
St. Joe has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.73%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than St. Joe.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alexander & Baldwin received 140 more outperform votes than St. Joe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.41% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave St. Joe an outperform vote.
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 16 more articles in the media than Alexander & Baldwin. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for St. Joe and 1 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin. St. Joe's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of -0.32 indicating that St. Joe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
St. Joe beats Alexander & Baldwin on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALEX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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