Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) Competitors

Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KIM or KRG?

Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Kite Realty Group Trust. Kimco Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group 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
Kimco Realty	$2.04B	7.07	$410.79M	$0.56	37.84
Kite Realty Group Trust	$841.84M	5.87	$4.07M	$0.02	1,125.00

Do analysts recommend KIM or KRG?

Kimco Realty currently has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.62%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus target price of $28.13, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Kimco Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimco Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Kite Realty Group Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KIM or KRG?

Kimco Realty received 331 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimco Realty	Outperform Votes 681 65.04%	Underperform Votes 366 34.96%
Kite Realty Group Trust	Outperform Votes 350 55.38%	Underperform Votes 282 44.62%

Which has more volatility & risk, KIM or KRG?

Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KIM or KRG a better dividend stock?

Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kimco Realty pays out 178.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 5,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor KIM or KRG?

In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 8 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kimco Realty and 9 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Kimco Realty's score of 1.17 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kimco Realty	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kite Realty Group Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KIM or KRG more profitable?

Kimco Realty has a net margin of 20.17% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of 0.48%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 3.82% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kimco Realty	20.17%	3.82%	2.07%
Kite Realty Group Trust	0.48%	0.12%	0.06%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KIM or KRG?

89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Kimco Realty beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.