SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) & Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) Critical Contrast

SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Dividends

SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. SITE Centers pays out 126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SITE Centers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. SITE Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.9% of SITE Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of SITE Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for SITE Centers and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SITE Centers	0	2	1	0	2.33
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	0	1	0	0	2.00

SITE Centers presently has a consensus price target of $14.38, suggesting a potential upside of 7.68%. Given SITE Centers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações.

Volatility & Risk

SITE Centers has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SITE Centers and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SITE Centers	$554.81 million	5.04	$168.72 million	$0.41	32.56
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	$888.00 million	1.87	$169.36 million	N/A	N/A

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações has higher revenue and earnings than SITE Centers.

Profitability

This table compares SITE Centers and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SITE Centers	17.64%	5.19%	2.41%
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

SITE Centers beats Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SITE Centers

SITE Centers is an owner and manager of open-air shopping centers located in suburban, high household income communities. The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT operating as a fully integrated real estate company, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SITC.

About Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações develops, constructs, and sells residential properties in Brazil. The company also provides consultancy services related to real estate. It offers properties under the Cyrela, Living, Vivaz, and Cyrela Urbanismo brand names. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.