Head-To-Head Contrast: Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) & Frasers Centrepoint Trust (OTCMKTS:FRZCF)

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and Frasers Centrepoint Trust (OTCMKTS:FRZCF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Dividends

Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Frasers Centrepoint Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 235.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frasers Centrepoint Trust pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acadia Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Frasers Centrepoint Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Acadia Realty Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust	0	2	5	1	2.88
Frasers Centrepoint Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

Acadia Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $24.20, indicating a potential upside of 16.63%. Given Acadia Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than Frasers Centrepoint Trust.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Frasers Centrepoint Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by company 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 Acadia Realty Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust	12.14%	1.85%	1.04%
Frasers Centrepoint Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Acadia Realty Trust and Frasers Centrepoint Trust”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Realty Trust	$410.76 million	6.94	$16.90 million	$0.34	61.03
Frasers Centrepoint Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.19	8.95

Acadia Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Frasers Centrepoint Trust. Frasers Centrepoint Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Acadia Realty Trust beats Frasers Centrepoint Trust on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Acadia Realty Trust

Acadia Realty Trust is an equity real estate investment trust focused on delivering long-term, profitable growth via its dual Core Portfolio and Fund operating platforms and its disciplined, location-driven investment strategy. Acadia Realty Trust is accomplishing this goal by building a best-in-class core real estate portfolio with meaningful concentrations of assets in the nation's most dynamic corridors; making profitable opportunistic and value-add investments through its series of discretionary, institutional funds; and maintaining a strong balance sheet.

About Frasers Centrepoint Trust

Frasers Centrepoint Trust ("FCT") is a leading developer-sponsored retail real estate investment trust ("REIT") and one of the largest suburban retail mall owners in Singapore with assets under management of approximately S$6.9 billion. FCT's property portfolio comprises ten retail malls and an office building located in the suburban regions of Singapore, near homes and within minutes to transportation amenities. The retail portfolio has approximately 2.9 million square feet of net lettable area with over 1,800 leases with a strong focus on providing for necessity spending, food & beverage and essential services. The portfolio comprises Causeway Point, Century Square, Changi City Point, Hougang Mall, NEX (effective 25.50% interest), Northpoint City North Wing (including Yishun 10 Retail Podium), Tampines 1, Tiong Bahru Plaza, Waterway Point (50.00% interest), White Sands and an office property (Central Plaza). FCT's malls enjoy stable and recurring shopper footfall supported by commuter traffic and residential population in the catchment areas. FCT also holds a 30.97% stake in Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust, a retail-focused REIT in Malaysia listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. FCT is index constituent of several benchmark indices including the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series (Global Developed Index), FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trust Index, MSCI Singapore Small Cap Index and SGX iEdge S-REIT Leaders Index. Listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited since 5 July 2006, FCT is managed by Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management Ltd. ("FCAM"), a real estate management company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Frasers Property Limited.