Saul Centers (BFS) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, REG or BFS?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, REG or BFS?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Saul Centers. Saul Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, 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
Regency Centers	$1.45B	8.93	$400.39M	$2.12	33.74
Saul Centers	$268.85M	2.97	$50.65M	$1.47	22.45

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of REG or BFS?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate REG or BFS?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus price target of $77.54, indicating a potential upside of 8.40%. Saul Centers has a consensus price target of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.87%. Given Saul Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Saul Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is REG or BFS a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. 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. Saul Centers pays out 160.5% 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 has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Is REG or BFS more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Saul Centers' net margin of 17.09%. Saul Centers' return on equity of 14.69% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.21%	5.98%	3.22%
Saul Centers	17.09%	14.69%	2.22%

Does the media prefer REG or BFS?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 19 more articles in the media than Saul Centers. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Regency Centers and 0 mentions for Saul Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Saul Centers' score of 0.00 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	Neutral
Saul Centers	Neutral

Summary

Regency Centers beats Saul Centers on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.