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$7.28 -0.06 (-0.87%)
Closing price 08/6/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$7.26 -0.01 (-0.15%)
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KW vs. AHH, AKR, BRX, BXP, CUZ, DEI, FRT, HIW, KRC, and PDM

Should you be buying Kennedy-Wilson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennedy-Wilson include Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Kennedy-Wilson vs. Its Competitors

Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Armada Hoffler Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armada Hoffler Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kennedy-Wilson$531.40M1.89-$33M-$1.05-6.93
Armada Hoffler Properties$708.47M0.97$35.65M$0.0885.14

87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Armada Hoffler Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Kennedy-Wilson. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties and 7 mentions for Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.11 indicating that Kennedy-Wilson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kennedy-Wilson
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Armada Hoffler Properties
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Kennedy-Wilson pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Kennedy-Wilson pays out -45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out 700.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Kennedy-Wilson currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.18%. Armada Hoffler Properties has a consensus price target of $8.83, indicating a potential upside of 29.69%. Given Kennedy-Wilson's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kennedy-Wilson is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kennedy-Wilson
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Armada Hoffler Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Armada Hoffler Properties has a net margin of 4.39% compared to Kennedy-Wilson's net margin of -19.24%. Kennedy-Wilson's return on equity of 7.76% beat Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kennedy-Wilson-19.24% 7.76% 0.92%
Armada Hoffler Properties 4.39%3.21%0.95%

Summary

Armada Hoffler Properties beats Kennedy-Wilson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KW vs. The Competition

MetricKennedy-WilsonREAL ESTATE OPS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.02B$6.41B$12.11B$20.65B
Dividend Yield6.54%4.44%5.64%3.66%
P/E Ratio-6.9327.0319.7429.27
Price / Sales1.896.8026.3562.32
Price / Cash3.5222.0721.3823.31
Price / Book1.181.852.124.37
Net Income-$33M$105.94M$1.00B$996.36M
7 Day Performance-0.29%0.92%0.32%0.59%
1 Month Performance0.92%1.46%0.38%0.23%
1 Year Performance-28.03%20.43%544.59%16.71%

Kennedy-Wilson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KW
Kennedy-Wilson
4.6072 of 5 stars
$7.28
-0.9%
$11.00
+51.2%
-27.7%$1.02B$531.40M-6.93230News Coverage
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
4.7579 of 5 stars
$6.72
+0.4%
$8.83
+31.4%
-40.6%$677.83M$708.47M84.01160Earnings Report
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.5676 of 5 stars
$18.77
+1.4%
$25.00
+33.2%
-10.2%$2.42B$359.69M117.31120News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.4299 of 5 stars
$25.92
+1.7%
$30.08
+16.1%
+5.8%$7.80B$1.29B23.56500Positive News
BXP
BXP
4.03 of 5 stars
$65.74
+1.7%
$77.71
+18.2%
-3.3%$10.23B$3.41B2,192.20780Analyst Forecast
CUZ
Cousins Properties
3.8832 of 5 stars
$26.57
+0.2%
$32.50
+22.3%
-0.5%$4.45B$856.76M71.82290Positive News
Earnings Report
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.9982 of 5 stars
$14.84
-0.5%
$17.78
+19.8%
-3.7%$2.50B$986.48M46.38750Earnings Report
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7636 of 5 stars
$91.51
+1.0%
$111.29
+21.6%
-17.1%$7.77B$1.20B26.22320Trending News
Earnings Report
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.4572 of 5 stars
$28.46
-0.6%
$32.00
+12.5%
-4.6%$3.09B$825.86M23.91340
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.2606 of 5 stars
$37.54
+2.7%
$37.91
+1.0%
+12.8%$4.32B$1.14B20.40260Positive News
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
2.4216 of 5 stars
$7.61
+3.9%
$8.67
+14.0%
-6.2%$911.37M$570.32M-13.83150Positive News

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