ROIC vs. AKR, ALX, BFS, ABR, SKT, MAC, KRG, ADC, GNL, and ARI
Should you be buying Retail Opportunity Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Retail Opportunity Investments include Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Alexander's (ALX), Saul Centers (BFS), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Tanger (SKT), Macerich (MAC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Agree Realty (ADC), Global Net Lease (GNL), and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Retail Opportunity Investments (NASDAQ:ROIC) and Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Retail Opportunity Investments had 13 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Retail Opportunity Investments and 4 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Retail Opportunity Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Acadia Realty Trust's score of 0.09 indicating that Retail Opportunity Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Retail Opportunity Investments has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.2% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Retail Opportunity Investments currently has a consensus price target of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.41%. Acadia Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.81%. Given Retail Opportunity Investments' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Retail Opportunity Investments is more favorable than Acadia Realty Trust.
Retail Opportunity Investments received 36 more outperform votes than Acadia Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.25% of users gave Retail Opportunity Investments an outperform vote while only 53.41% of users gave Acadia Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Retail Opportunity Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acadia Realty Trust. Retail Opportunity Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Retail Opportunity Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Retail Opportunity Investments pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 379.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Retail Opportunity Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Retail Opportunity Investments has a net margin of 11.21% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.72%. Retail Opportunity Investments' return on equity of 2.75% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Retail Opportunity Investments beats Acadia Realty Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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