Critical Review: Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) & Vicinity Centres (OTCMKTS:CNRAF)

Vicinity Centres (OTCMKTS:CNRAF) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Vicinity Centres and Kimco Realty, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vicinity Centres	0	1	0	0	2.00
Kimco Realty	0	9	7	1	2.53

Kimco Realty has a consensus target price of $26.12, indicating a potential upside of 2.52%. Given Kimco Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than Vicinity Centres.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vicinity Centres and Kimco Realty”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vicinity Centres	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kimco Realty	$2.14 billion	8.03	$584.74 million	$0.86	29.62

Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Vicinity Centres.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.2% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Vicinity Centres and Kimco Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vicinity Centres	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kimco Realty	28.54%	5.82%	3.13%

Summary

Kimco Realty beats Vicinity Centres on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vicinity Centres

Vicinity Centres (Vicinity or the Group) is one of Australia's leading retail property groups with a fully integrated asset management platform, and $24 billion in retail assets under management across 60 shopping centres, making it the second largest listed manager of Australian retail property. The Group has a Direct Portfolio with interests in 59 shopping centres (including the DFO Brisbane business) and manages 30 assets on behalf of Strategic Partners, 29 of which are co-owned by the Group. Vicinity is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the code 'VCX' and has 24,000 securityholders. Vicinity also has European medium term notes listed on the ASX under the code 'VCD'.

About Kimco Realty

Kimco Realty Corp. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in New Hyde Park, N.Y., that is one of North America’s largest publicly traded owners and operators of open-air shopping centers. As of December 31, 2018, the company owned interests in 437 U.S. shopping centers comprising 76 million square feet of leasable space primarily concentrated in the top major metropolitan markets.