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Macerich CompanyMACCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

REIT that owns and operates high-quality regional shopping malls and lifestyle centers across the US.

Momentum strong 75
Mkt cap
$7.04B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$75.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.50×
price to book
ROE
-14.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
33.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
97 days
11 Feb 2027
Close · USD$24.84
1D-0.7%
1W+2.0%
1M+11.9%
3M+2.1%
6M+13.6%
YTD+34.6%
1Y+40.6%
ATR %2.3%
Beta0.69
52w lowhigh6.9% off high

What Macerich does

REIT that owns and operates high-quality regional shopping malls and lifestyle centers across the US.

Collects base rent and sales-linked percentage rent from retailers and charges tenants for property costs, so income depends on occupancy and how much retailers sell. Some malls are owned through joint ventures with other investors. Under a plan launched in 2024 it is selling weaker malls and concentrating on its best-located centres and on adding housing and offices at them.

Products and services

  • Regional mall ownership/leasing
  • Mixed-use redevelopment (residential/office)

Customers

  • National mall retailers, department stores, restau

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Retail REITs
  • Regional malls

What could go right

  • Densification into residential/office mixed-use
  • Consolidation of A-mall market

What could go wrong

  • Department store closures/anchor vacancies
  • Structural shift to e-commerce

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Well-located malls in dense, affluent trade areas are hard to replicate, but mall retail demand has structurally declined.

Headquarters: Santa Monica, California, United States · Founded: 1964 · Employees: 598

Named competitors

Macerich at a glance

Size Macerich (MAC) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $7.04B, the 958th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $24.84 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 13.6%, against +0.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is -5.7% (peer median 41.5%).

Valuation It trades at 2.50× book value against a peer median of 1.39× (4th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 33.9%; Macerich delivers -14.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 11.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MAC 115Peer median 101
Six months, rebased to 100: Macerich against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Macerich financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.01B$1.02B$924M$881M$859M
Revenue growth—+10%+5%+3%—
Gross profit-$18.3M$204M$199M$204M$177M
EBITDA$510M$525M$474M$495M$417M
Net income-$392M-$198M-$195M-$275M-$66.9M
Free cash flow$187M$267M$210M$444M$374M
Capital expenditure$230M$173M$173M$160M$97.9M
Total debt$4.98B$5.14B$5.06B$4.41B$4.64B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Macerich competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%0%+10%STAGFRGPTTRNOCHC8951VNOCDPLANDHRRYNSGPARENNNCHP-UNEPRTVCXREXRMRLLMPMAC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Macerich is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-10%0%10%10×20×STAGFRGPTTRNOCHC8951VNOCDPLANDHRRYNSGPARENNNCHP-UNEPRTVCXREXRMRLLMPMACReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Macerich is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%20%0%20%STAGFRGPTCHC8951VNOCDPLANDHRRYNSGPARECHP-UNVCXMACROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Macerich is the large dot.

Macerich competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MAC vs SPG vs CBL vs SKT)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Macerich MAC$7.04B+14%+9%-14%2.50×33.9%
Simon Property SPG$73.9B+14%+15%135%16.82×143.3%
CBL & Associates Properties CBL$1.46B0%+9%61%3.43×33.7%
Tanger SKT$4.45B+6%+11%19%6.60×51.9%
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE Stapled Secs Cons of 1 Sh Unibail Rodamco + 1 Sh WFD Unib Rod URW.PAn/a-7%n/an/an/an/a

How Macerich compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Macerich against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMACPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+11.9%+5.5%5th highest of 21
6-month return+13.6%+0.4%4th highest of 21
Return on equity-14.5%7.2%lowest of 21
Price / book2.50×1.39×4th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies33.9%11.9%2nd most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-14.5%7.2%lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Macerich MACUnited States$7.04B+14%+9%-14%2.50×33.9%-14.5%
STAG Industrial STAGUnited States$7.06B-6%+9%8%1.93×15.5%7.6%
First Industrial Realty Trust FRUnited States$7.13B-14%+9%13%2.57×20.9%13.2%
GPT GPT.AXAustralia$6.88B+11%-8%10%0.92×11.0%10.0%
Terreno Realty TRNOUnited States$7.24B0%+18%9%1.61×14.0%9.2%
Charter Hall CHC.AXAustralia$7.26B+14%-19%37%18.01×213.5%36.9%
Nippon Building Fund 8951.TJapan$6.75B-8%-21%6%1.41×5.3%5.9%
Vornado Realty Trust VNOUnited States$6.70B+11%+2%0%1.44×17.3%0.2%
COPT Defense Properties CDPUnited States$7.43B+4%+7%11%2.42×17.3%11.2%
Land Securities LAND.LUnited Kingdom$7.51B+20%+7%5%0.77×11.9%5.3%
Healthcare Realty Trust HRUnited States$6.50B-5%-6%-2%1.56×11.9%-2.0%
Rayonier RYNUnited States$6.45B+6%-13%2%1.23×10.9%2.0%
Stockland SGP.AXAustralia$7.74B+15%+15%10%1.04×11.7%9.5%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities AREUnited States$7.80B-2%-10%-9%0.52×7.0%-9.1%
NNN REIT NNNUnited States$7.89B-7%+7%9%1.75×12.9%8.9%
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust CHP-UN.TOCanada$7.95B-1%+4%-2%2.66×14.7%-1.7%
Essential Properties Realty Trust EPRTUnited States$6.21B-11%+21%6%1.36×11.1%6.3%
Vicinity Centres VCX.AXAustralia$8.01B0%+3%12%0.94×9.7%12.0%
Rexford Industrial Realty REXRUnited States$8.02B+4%-2%-6%1.16×11.7%-5.9%
MERLIN Properties SOCIMI MRL.MCSpain$8.05B-23%+13%10%0.77×8.0%9.9%
LondonMetric Property LMP.LUnited Kingdom$6.16B+2%+17%7%0.93×12.6%6.7%

Questions

Who are Macerich's main competitors?
Named competitors: Simon Property Group (SPG), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Brookfield Properties (private or unlisted), Tanger (SKT), Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW.PA). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes STAG Industrial (STAG), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), GPT (GPT.AX), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Charter Hall (CHC.AX), Nippon Building Fund (8951.T).
Is Macerich expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.50× against a peer median of 1.39×, 4th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 33.9%; Macerich delivers -14.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Macerich stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +13.6% against +0.4% for the median peer; over one year +40.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.