MAC vs. KIM, FRT, ADC, NNN, KRG, SKT, AKR, ROIC, GTY, and ALX
Should you be buying Macerich stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macerich include Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Agree Realty (ADC), NNN REIT (NNN), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), 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.
Macerich vs.
Macerich (NYSE:MAC) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Macerich has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Macerich pays out 174.4% 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.
87.4% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Macerich shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Macerich had 1 more articles in the media than Kimco Realty. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Macerich and 7 mentions for Kimco Realty. Macerich's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Kimco Realty's score of 0.49 indicating that Macerich is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kimco Realty received 203 more outperform votes than Macerich when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.23% of users gave Kimco Realty an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
Kimco Realty has a net margin of 20.17% compared to Macerich's net margin of 8.98%. Kimco Realty's return on equity of 3.82% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Macerich currently has a consensus price target of $19.30, suggesting a potential downside of 3.10%. Kimco Realty has a consensus price target of $24.83, suggesting a potential upside of 16.06%. Given Kimco Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than Macerich.
Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Macerich. Kimco Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macerich, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kimco Realty beats Macerich on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MAC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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