Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) and Mercialys (OTCMKTS:MEIYF) Head to Head Survey

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) and Mercialys (OTCMKTS:MEIYF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Saul Centers and Mercialys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Saul Centers	20.49%	16.65%	2.71%
Mercialys	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Saul Centers and Mercialys, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Saul Centers	0	0	1	0	3.00
Mercialys	0	0	0	0	N/A

Saul Centers currently has a consensus target price of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Saul Centers’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than Mercialys.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Mercialys shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Saul Centers and Mercialys’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Saul Centers	$264.08 million	3.59	$52.69 million	$1.73	22.85
Mercialys	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Saul Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Mercialys.

Summary

Saul Centers beats Mercialys on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Mercialys

Mercialys is one of France's leading real estate companies. It is specialized in the holding, management and transformation of retail spaces, anticipating consumer trends, on its own behalf and for third parties. At December 31, 2023, Mercialys had a real estate portfolio valued at Euro 2.9 billion (including transfer taxes). Its portfolio of 2,038 leases represents an annualized rental base of Euro 175.5 million. Mercialys has been listed on the stock market since October 12, 2005 (ticker: MERY) and has SIIC real estate investment trust (REIT) tax status. Part of the SBF 120 and Euronext Paris Compartment B, it had 93,886,501 shares outstanding at December 31, 2023.