Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) and CBL & Associates Properties (OTCMKTS:CBLAQ) Critical Review

CBL & Associates Properties (OTCMKTS:CBLAQ) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for CBL & Associates Properties and Kimco Realty, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBL & Associates Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kimco Realty	0	7	6	1	2.57

Kimco Realty has a consensus target price of $24.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.80%. Given Kimco Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than CBL & Associates Properties.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CBL & Associates Properties and Kimco Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBL & Associates Properties	23.51%	42.80%	5.07%
Kimco Realty	27.32%	5.49%	2.96%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CBL & Associates Properties and Kimco Realty”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBL & Associates Properties	$578.37 million	N/A	$135.97 million	N/A	N/A
Kimco Realty	$2.14 billion	7.09	$584.74 million	$0.81	27.77

Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than CBL & Associates Properties.

Summary

Kimco Realty beats CBL & Associates Properties on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CBL & Associates Properties

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which owns and operates retail properties. The firm engages in owning, developing, acquiring, leasing, managing and operating regional shopping malls, open-air centers, community centers and office properties. It operates through Malls and All Other segments. Its properties include Malls, Associated Centers, Community Centers, Office Buildings, Construction Properties and Mortgages. The company was founded on July 13, 1993 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, TN.

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.