TRC vs. ALEX, JOE, FOR, GTY, KW, LPA, EFC, AHH, CMTG, and HPP
Should you be buying Tejon Ranch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tejon Ranch include Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), St. Joe (JOE), Forestar Group (FOR), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Latam Logistic Properties (LPA), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), and Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Tejon Ranch (NYSE:TRC) and Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
60.6% of Tejon Ranch shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Tejon Ranch shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alexander & Baldwin has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than Tejon Ranch.
Alexander & Baldwin has higher revenue and earnings than Tejon Ranch. Alexander & Baldwin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tejon Ranch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Alexander & Baldwin had 6 more articles in the media than Tejon Ranch. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin and 1 mentions for Tejon Ranch. Alexander & Baldwin's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Tejon Ranch's score of 0.00 indicating that Alexander & Baldwin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexander & Baldwin received 189 more outperform votes than Tejon Ranch when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 59.00% of users gave Tejon Ranch an outperform vote.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 20.25% compared to Tejon Ranch's net margin of 1.45%. Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity of 4.76% beat Tejon Ranch's return on equity.
Tejon Ranch has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alexander & Baldwin beats Tejon Ranch on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Tejon Ranch News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TRC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Tejon Ranch Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
