Saul Centers (BFS) Competitors

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

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 3.3%. Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 422.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Do analysts rate AKR or BFS?

Acadia Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.07%. Saul Centers has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.19%. 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

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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AKR or BFS?

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

Is AKR or BFS more profitable?

Saul Centers has a net margin of 20.84% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.74%. 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	5.74%	0.88%	0.48%
Saul Centers	20.84%	17.16%	2.72%

Which has more volatility & risk, AKR or BFS?

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saul Centers has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AKR or BFS?

In the previous week, Acadia Realty Trust and Acadia Realty Trust both had 2 articles in the media. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Saul Centers' score of 0.86 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher earnings and 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	$359.69M	7.57	$20.46M	$0.18	126.43
Saul Centers	$267.61M	3.23	$52.69M	$1.84	19.44

Summary

Saul Centers beats Acadia Realty Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.