Saul Centers (BFS) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AKR or BFS?

Saul Centers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Acadia Realty Trust. Saul Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Realty Trust, 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
Acadia Realty Trust	$351.87M	7.70	$19.87M	$0.09	251.59
Saul Centers	$267.61M	3.33	$52.69M	$1.84	20.02

Is AKR or BFS more profitable?

Saul Centers has a net margin of 20.84% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 3.07%. Saul Centers' return on equity of 17.16% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust	3.07%	0.48%	0.25%
Saul Centers	20.84%	17.16%	2.72%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AKR or BFS?

Acadia Realty Trust received 33 more outperform votes than Saul Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.86% of users gave Saul Centers an outperform vote while only 52.06% of users gave Acadia Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acadia Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 291 52.06%	Underperform Votes 268 47.94%
Saul Centers	Outperform Votes 258 53.86%	Underperform Votes 221 46.14%

Do analysts recommend AKR or BFS?

Acadia Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.58%. Saul Centers has a consensus price target of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.49%. Given Saul Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Acadia Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Saul Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AKR or BFS?

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, AKR or BFS?

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AKR or BFS?

In the previous week, Acadia Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Saul Centers. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust and 2 mentions for Saul Centers. Saul Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Acadia Realty Trust's score of 0.65 indicating that Saul Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acadia Realty Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Saul Centers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AKR or BFS a better dividend stock?

Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 844.4% 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. Saul Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Saul Centers beats Acadia Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.