AKR vs. ROIC, BFS, KRG, ADC, AHR, PEB, RLJ, DRH, CXW, and EQC
Should you be buying Acadia Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadia Realty Trust include Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Saul Centers (BFS), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Agree Realty (ADC), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), CoreCivic (CXW), and Equity Commonwealth (EQC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and Retail Opportunity Investments (NASDAQ:ROIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Retail Opportunity Investments has a net margin of 11.21% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 2.38%. Retail Opportunity Investments' return on equity of 2.75% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.
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.
Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Retail Opportunity Investments has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Retail Opportunity Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Acadia Realty Trust had 18 more articles in the media than Retail Opportunity Investments. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust and 1 mentions for Retail Opportunity Investments. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Retail Opportunity Investments' score of 0.13 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Retail Opportunity Investments 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.
Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Retail Opportunity Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 900.0% 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 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. Retail Opportunity Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Acadia Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Retail Opportunity Investments has a consensus target price of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.14%. Given Retail Opportunity Investments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Retail Opportunity Investments is more favorable than Acadia Realty Trust.
Summary
Retail Opportunity Investments beats Acadia Realty Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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