ALEX vs. AIV, PMT, DEA, MFA, NTST, ALX, UMH, TWO, SVC, and AAT
Should you be buying Alexander & Baldwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexander & Baldwin include Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), MFA Financial (MFA), NETSTREIT (NTST), Alexander's (ALX), UMH Properties (UMH), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Service Properties Trust (SVC), and American Assets Trust (AAT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) and Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Alexander & Baldwin had 25 more articles in the media than Apartment Investment and Management. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Alexander & Baldwin and 3 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Alexander & Baldwin's score of -0.01 indicating that Apartment Investment and Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apartment Investment and Management received 57 more outperform votes than Alexander & Baldwin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.38% of users gave Alexander & Baldwin an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Apartment Investment and Management an outperform vote.
Alexander & Baldwin currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.27%. Given Alexander & Baldwin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alexander & Baldwin is more favorable than Apartment Investment and Management.
Alexander & Baldwin pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Apartment Investment and Management pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Alexander & Baldwin pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apartment Investment and Management pays out -86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apartment Investment and Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alexander & Baldwin has a net margin of 20.25% compared to Apartment Investment and Management's net margin of -88.87%. Alexander & Baldwin's return on equity of 4.75% beat Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity.
Alexander & Baldwin has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexander & Baldwin has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexander & Baldwin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.3% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Alexander & Baldwin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Alexander & Baldwin beats Apartment Investment and Management on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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