SKT vs. MAC, AKR, ROIC, KRG, ALX, BFS, ADC, NNN, FRT, and BXMT
Should you be buying Tanger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tanger include Macerich (MAC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Alexander's (ALX), Saul Centers (BFS), Agree Realty (ADC), NNN REIT (NNN), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Macerich (NYSE:MAC) and Tanger (NYSE:SKT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Tanger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Macerich shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Tanger 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.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.92%. Tanger has a consensus target price of $29.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.24%. Given Macerich's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tanger is more favorable than Macerich.
Tanger has a net margin of 20.27% compared to Tanger's net margin of -38.96%. Macerich's return on equity of 17.72% beat Tanger's return on equity.
In the previous week, Macerich had 15 more articles in the media than Tanger. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Macerich and 3 mentions for Tanger. Tanger's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Macerich's score of 0.80 indicating that Macerich is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Macerich received 76 more outperform votes than Tanger when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.57% of users gave Tanger an outperform vote while only 51.80% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Tanger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Macerich pays out -43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tanger pays out 120.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tanger has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Macerich is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Macerich has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tanger has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tanger beats Macerich on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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