Analyzing Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) and Vicinity Centres (OTCMKTS:CNRAF)

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vicinity Centres and Getty Realty”s gross 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
Getty Realty	$233.03 million	8.77	$79.19 million	$1.64	20.12

Getty Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Vicinity Centres.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Vicinity Centres and Getty Realty, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vicinity Centres	0	1	0	0	2.00
Getty Realty	0	3	6	0	2.67

Getty Realty has a consensus target price of $35.29, suggesting a potential upside of 6.93%. Given Getty Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Vicinity Centres.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.1% of Getty Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of Getty Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Vicinity Centres and Getty 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
Getty Realty	42.74%	9.27%	4.58%

Summary

Getty Realty beats Vicinity Centres on 9 of the 9 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 Getty Realty

Getty Realty Corp. is a publicly traded, net lease REIT specializing in the acquisition, financing and development of convenience, automotive and other single tenant retail real estate. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s portfolio included 1,093 freestanding properties located in 40 states across the United States and Washington, D.C.