CBL & Associates Properties (OTCMKTS:CBLAQ – Get Free Report) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
50.0% of Saul Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Saul Centers shares are held by company 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 Saul Centers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CBL & Associates Properties | 29.81% | 50.54% | 6.47% |
| Saul Centers | 12.43% | 12.44% | 1.71% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CBL & Associates Properties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Saul Centers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CBL & Associates Properties and Saul Centers”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 |
| Saul Centers | $289.84 million | 2.84 | $37.51 million | $1.06 | 31.67 |
CBL & Associates Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Saul Centers.
Summary
CBL & Associates Properties beats Saul Centers on 5 of the 9 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 Saul Centers
Saul Centers is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio comprised of 61 properties that includes (a) 57 community and neighborhood Shopping Centers and Mixed-Use properties with approximately 9.8 million square feet of leasable area and (b) four land and development properties. Over 85% of the Company’s property operating income is generated from properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.
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