Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend KRG or KIM?

Kite Realty Group Trust currently has a consensus target price of $28.13, suggesting a potential upside of 26.82%. Kimco Realty has a consensus target price of $24.83, suggesting a potential upside of 14.89%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher probable upside, equities 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
Kite Realty Group Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Kimco Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is KRG or KIM a better dividend stock?

Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KRG or KIM?

Kimco Realty received 332 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.23% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kite Realty Group Trust	Outperform Votes 349 55.31%	Underperform Votes 282 44.69%
Kimco Realty	Outperform Votes 681 65.23%	Underperform Votes 363 34.77%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KRG or KIM?

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
Kite Realty Group Trust	$841.84M	5.79	$4.07M	$0.02	1,108.85
Kimco Realty	$2.04B	7.15	$410.79M	$0.56	38.60

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KRG or KIM?

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

Does the media prefer KRG or KIM?

In the previous week, Kite Realty Group Trust and Kite Realty Group Trust both had 7 articles in the media. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Kimco Realty's score of 0.70 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kite Realty Group Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kimco Realty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KRG or KIM 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
Kite Realty Group Trust	0.48%	0.12%	0.06%
Kimco Realty	20.17%	3.82%	2.07%

Which has more volatility & risk, KRG or KIM?

Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kimco Realty beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.