Reviewing Curbline Properties (CURB) and The Competition

Curbline Properties (NYSE:CURB) is one of 85 publicly-traded companies in the “Retail REITs” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Curbline Properties to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Volatility & Risk

Curbline Properties has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Curbline Properties’ peers have a beta of 0.90, indicating that their average share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Curbline Properties and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Curbline Properties	0	3	6	0	2.67
Curbline Properties Competitors	958	3954	3432	132	2.32

Curbline Properties currently has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.36%. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies have a potential upside of 13.66%. Given Curbline Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Curbline Properties is more favorable than its peers.

Dividends

Curbline Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Curbline Properties pays out 283.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Retail REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 236.7% and pay out 78.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Curbline Properties lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Curbline Properties and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Curbline Properties	11.13%	1.34%	1.00%
Curbline Properties Competitors	30.07%	5.92%	3.19%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.2% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Curbline Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of shares of all “Retail REITs” companies 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Curbline Properties and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Curbline Properties	$182.89 million	$39.83 million	116.78
Curbline Properties Competitors	$826.25 million	$253.68 million	27.09

Curbline Properties’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Curbline Properties. Curbline Properties is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Curbline Properties peers beat Curbline Properties on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Curbline Properties

Curbline Properties Corp. is a real estate investment trust which is an owner and manager of convenience shopping centers positioned on the curbline of well-trafficked intersections and major vehicular corridors in suburban. Curbline Properties Corp. is based in NEW YORK.