GTY vs. MAC, KRG, SKT, AKR, ROIC, ALX, BFS, SPG, O, and KIM
Should you be buying Getty Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Getty Realty include Macerich (MAC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Alexander's (ALX), Saul Centers (BFS), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Getty Realty vs.
Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Macerich received 148 more outperform votes than Getty Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.20% of users gave Getty Realty an outperform vote while only 51.12% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Macerich had 16 more articles in the media than Getty Realty. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Macerich and 5 mentions for Getty Realty. Getty Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Macerich's score of 0.62 indicating that Getty Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Getty Realty presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.83%. Macerich has a consensus price target of $19.22, suggesting a potential upside of 4.44%. Given Getty Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Macerich.
Getty Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Getty Realty pays out 149.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Macerich pays out -86.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Getty Realty has a net margin of 34.94% compared to Macerich's net margin of 8.98%. Getty Realty's return on equity of 7.43% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Getty Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Getty Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich 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.
Getty Realty has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Getty Realty beats Macerich on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GTY) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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