Contrasting Alexander’s (NYSE:ALX) and Horizon Group Properties (OTCMKTS:HGPI)

Alexander’s (NYSE:ALX) and Horizon Group Properties (OTCMKTS:HGPI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

32.0% of Alexander’s shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Alexander’s shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Horizon Group Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Alexander’s and Horizon Group Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alexander’s	1	0	0	0	1.00
Horizon Group Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

Alexander’s currently has a consensus price target of $125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 37.96%. Given Alexander’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander’s is more favorable than Horizon Group Properties.

Volatility & Risk

Alexander’s has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Group Properties has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Alexander’s and Horizon Group Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alexander’s	$226.37 million	4.55	$43.44 million	$8.46	23.82
Horizon Group Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Alexander’s has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Group Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Alexander’s and Horizon Group Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alexander’s	19.19%	21.45%	3.12%
Horizon Group Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Alexander’s beats Horizon Group Properties on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alexander’s

Alexander’s, Inc. (NYSE: ALX) is a real estate investment trust (REIT), incorporated in Delaware, engaged in leasing, managing, developing and redeveloping its properties. All references to we, us, our, Company and Alexander’s refer to Alexander’s, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado Realty Trust (Vornado) (NYSE: VNO). We have five properties in New York City.

About Horizon Group Properties

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Horizon Group Properties, Inc. has 12 operating factory outlet centers and one power center in 10 states totaling more than 2.6 million square feet.