KRG vs. KIM, FRT, NNN, ADC, MAC, SKT, AKR, ROIC, GTY, and ALX
Should you be buying Kite Realty Group Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kite Realty Group Trust include Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), NNN REIT (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Getty Realty (GTY), and Alexander's (ALX). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 12 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Kimco Realty and 8 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Kite Realty Group Trust's score of 0.49 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kimco Realty received 329 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
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.
Kimco Realty presently has a consensus target price of $21.52, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus target price of $26.40, indicating a potential upside of 26.56%. Given Kimco Realty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Kimco Realty.
Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kimco Realty pays out 181.1% 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 384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimco Realty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Kite Realty Group Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Kimco Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kimco Realty has a net margin of 19.17% compared to Kimco Realty's net margin of 6.83%. Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity of 3.54% beat Kimco Realty's return on equity.
Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kimco Realty beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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