MAC vs. SKT, KRG, AKR, ROIC, ADC, ALX, BFS, FRT, KIM, and CUZ
Should you be buying Macerich stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macerich include Tanger (SKT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Agree Realty (ADC), Alexander's (ALX), Saul Centers (BFS), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), and Cousins Properties (CUZ).
Macerich (NYSE:MAC) and Tanger (NYSE:SKT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Macerich has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tanger has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Macerich had 2 more articles in the media than Tanger. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Macerich and 5 mentions for Tanger. Macerich's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Tanger's score of 0.56 indicating that Macerich is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Tanger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Macerich shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Tanger shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tanger has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tanger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Tanger pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Macerich pays out -53.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tanger pays out 113.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Macerich is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tanger has a net margin of 21.19% compared to Macerich's net margin of -31.00%. Tanger's return on equity of 18.59% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Macerich presently has a consensus price target of $14.40, suggesting a potential downside of 8.13%. Tanger has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.42%. Given Tanger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tanger is more favorable than Macerich.
Macerich received 76 more outperform votes than Tanger when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.59% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 51.91% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
Summary
Tanger beats Macerich on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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