Saul Centers (BFS) Competitors

Tanger (NYSE:SKT) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Do analysts recommend SKT or BFS?

Tanger presently has a consensus target price of $34.86, suggesting a potential downside of 2.80%. Saul Centers has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.39%. Given Saul Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Tanger.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tanger	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Saul Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, SKT or BFS?

Tanger has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SKT or BFS?

In the previous week, Tanger had 9 more articles in the media than Saul Centers. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Tanger and 5 mentions for Saul Centers. Saul Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Tanger's score of 0.87 indicating that Saul Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tanger	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Saul Centers	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SKT or BFS?

Tanger has higher revenue and earnings than Saul Centers. Saul Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tanger, 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
Tanger	$512.81M	7.74	$99.15M	$0.86	41.70
Saul Centers	$257.21M	3.71	$52.69M	$1.84	21.43

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SKT or BFS?

85.2% of Tanger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Saul Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Tanger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SKT or BFS?

Tanger received 148 more outperform votes than Saul Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tanger	Outperform Votes 404 58.21%	Underperform Votes 290 41.79%
Saul Centers	Outperform Votes 256 53.89%	Underperform Votes 219 46.11%

Is SKT or BFS a better dividend stock?

Tanger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Tanger pays out 127.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saul Centers pays out 128.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is SKT or BFS more profitable?

Saul Centers has a net margin of 20.84% compared to Tanger's net margin of 18.55%. Saul Centers' return on equity of 17.16% beat Tanger's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tanger	18.55%	16.25%	4.14%
Saul Centers	20.84%	17.16%	2.72%

Summary

Tanger beats Saul Centers on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.