Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC) Competitors

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 risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, ROIC or AKR?

Retail Opportunity Investments has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ROIC or AKR?

Retail Opportunity Investments presently has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.09%. Acadia Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.81%. Given Retail Opportunity Investments' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Retail Opportunity Investments is more favorable than Acadia Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Retail Opportunity Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Acadia Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ROIC or AKR?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ROIC or AKR a better dividend stock?

Retail Opportunity Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer ROIC or AKR?

In the previous week, Acadia Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Retail Opportunity Investments. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust and 3 mentions for Retail Opportunity Investments. Retail Opportunity Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Acadia Realty Trust's score of 0.21 indicating that Retail Opportunity Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Retail Opportunity Investments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Acadia Realty Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, ROIC or AKR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Retail Opportunity Investments	$333.77M	4.77	$34.53M	$0.30	41.67
Acadia Realty Trust	$338.69M	5.22	$19.87M	$0.08	214.38

Is ROIC or AKR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Retail Opportunity Investments	11.21%	2.75%	1.24%
Acadia Realty Trust	2.38%	0.39%	0.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROIC or AKR?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Retail Opportunity Investments	Outperform Votes 326 55.25%	Underperform Votes 264 44.75%
Acadia Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 290 53.41%	Underperform Votes 253 46.59%

Summary

Retail Opportunity Investments beats Acadia Realty Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.