Head-To-Head Analysis: Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT)

Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and American Tower’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mackenzie Realty Capital	-90.30%	-18.99%	-7.07%
American Tower	26.81%	27.79%	4.57%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mackenzie Realty Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Mackenzie Realty Capital and American Tower, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mackenzie Realty Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
American Tower	0	4	16	1	2.86

American Tower has a consensus target price of $215.57, suggesting a potential upside of 29.35%. Given American Tower’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Mackenzie Realty Capital.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and American Tower”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mackenzie Realty Capital	$22.06 million	0.16	-$25.92 million	($6.15)	-0.25
American Tower	$10.64 billion	7.29	$2.53 billion	$6.19	26.92

American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Mackenzie Realty Capital. Mackenzie Realty Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Mackenzie Realty Capital has a beta of -0.9, indicating that its share price is 190% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Tower beats Mackenzie Realty Capital on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mackenzie Realty Capital

MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is a REIT which focused on investing in multifamily housing and office real estate properties located principally in the United States. MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is based in ORINDA, Calif.

About American Tower

American Tower, one of the largest global REITs, is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate with a portfolio of over 224,000 communications sites and a highly interconnected footprint of U.S. data center facilities.