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Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) vs Urban Edge Properties (UE)

Saul Centers, Inc. and Urban Edge Properties are both Reit Retail companies. Urban Edge Properties is the larger, with a market value of $2.6B against $720.3M — 3.6× the size. Saul Centers, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 30.4× against 36.1×. Saul Centers, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.74% against 7.38%. Urban Edge Properties has the higher net margin (13.7% vs 7.83%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.18% vs 1.38%). Both pay a dividend; Saul Centers, Inc. yields more (7.99% vs 4.21%). Across the 22 metrics below, Saul Centers, Inc. leads on 11 and Urban Edge Properties on 11.

Valuation

Metric BFS UE Reit Retail median
P/E 30.43 36.11 25.89
P/S 2.38 4.97 6.86
P/B 2.53 1.78 1.73
Price to free cash flow 15.79 n/m 14.23
EV/EBITDA 20.82 14.59 15.33
EV/Sales 7.67 8.10 10.49
Earnings yield 3.29% 2.77% 3.87%
Free cash flow yield 6.33% (1.27%) 2.98%

Profitability

Metric BFS UE Reit Retail median
Gross margin 70.26% 67.94% 71.78%
Operating margin 15.15% 30.06% 34.62%
Net margin 7.83% 13.72% 27.14%
Free cash flow margin 15.08% (6.29%) 18.82%
Return on equity 8.05% 4.91% 7.05%
Return on assets 1.10% 2.03% 3.40%
Return on invested capital 1.38% 3.18% 3.18%

Growth

Metric BFS UE Reit Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.74% 7.38% 8.49%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (33.13%) 23.33% 16.00%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.18% 7.41% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (2.05%) 0.00% 1.85%

Health

Metric BFS UE Reit Retail median
Debt to equity 3.42 1.19 0.94
Current ratio 1.62 1.57 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA 14.37 5.95 5.40

Dividend

Metric BFS UE Reit Retail median
Dividend yield 7.99% 4.21% 4.45%
Payout ratio 2.43 1.52 1.21

Size

Metric BFS UE Reit Retail median
Market cap 720.25m 2.58b 3.56b

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