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Vicinity CentresVCX.AXCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Australia · AUD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Australian shopping centre REIT owning major malls including a stake in Chadstone, Australia's largest shopping centre.

≈ A smaller Australian mall REIT peer to ScentreMomentum neutral 50
Mkt cap
$8.01B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
84%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$25.5M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.94×
price to book
ROE
12.0%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.7%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
A / BBB
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
103 days
17 Feb 2027
Close · AUDA$2.47
1D0.0%
1W+1.6%
1M+6.9%
3M-8.5%
6M+0.4%
YTD-3.5%
1Y-4.3%
ATR %2.3%
52w lowhigh9.5% off high

What Vicinity Centres does

Australian shopping centre REIT owning major malls including a stake in Chadstone, Australia's largest shopping centre.

In one line: A smaller Australian mall REIT peer to Scentre.

Products and services

  • Shopping centre ownership/leasing
  • Chadstone stake (JV)

Customers

  • Retail tenants
  • Shoppers (foot traffic)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Retail shopping centre REIT
  • Mall ownership/management

What could go right

  • Retail sales/rent growth recovery
  • Redevelopment/densification of mall sites

What could go wrong

  • E-commerce cannibalisation of physical retail
  • Interest rate sensitivity (REIT valuations)

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Owns prime, high-traffic mall real estate including a stake in Australia's highest-turnover shopping centre.

Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia · Founded: 2015

Named competitors

Vicinity Centres at a glance

Size Vicinity Centres (VCX.AX) is an Australia Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $8.01B, the 43rd largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$2.47 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 0.4%, against -1.3% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.3%); the operating margin is 52.4% (peer median 38.8%).

Valuation It trades at 0.94× book value against a peer median of 1.68× (4th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.7%; Vicinity Centres delivers 12.0%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Credit Vicinity Centres has 2 bonds outstanding ($694M), rated A by the agencies and trading like BBB at a weighted spread of 119 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 17 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026VCX.AX 100Peer median 99
Six months, rebased to 100: Vicinity Centres against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Vicinity Centres financials

Reported figures in AUD; fiscal year ends 2026-06-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023
RevenueA$1.37BA$1.37BA$1.33BA$1.33BA$1.28B
Revenue growth—+3%0%+4%—
Gross profitA$969MA$969MA$949MA$944MA$927M
EBITDAA$720MA$720MA$983MA$831MA$864M
Net incomeA$1.39BA$1.39BA$1.00BA$547MA$272M
Free cash flowA$242MA$242MA$216MA$690MA$368M
Capital expenditureA$432MA$432MA$440MA$600,000A$335M
Total debtn/aA$4.95BA$4.85BA$4.62BA$4.46B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Vicinity Centres 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%+20%0%+10%REXRMRLCHP-UNNNNARESGPLANDCDPA17UCHCTRNOLINEFRCTREADCSTAGMACRHPBRX9CIVCX.AX6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Vicinity Centres is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-10%0%10%20%20×40×60×REXRMRLCHP-UNNNNARESGPLANDCDPA17UCHCLINEFRCTREADCSTAGMACRHPBRX9CIVCX.AXReturn 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. Vicinity Centres is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%20%40%0%20%40%REXRMRLCHP-UNNNNARECDPA17UCHCLINEFRMACRHP9CIVCX.AXROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Vicinity Centres is the large dot.

Vicinity Centres competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (VCX.AX vs SCG.AX vs SGP.AX vs GPT.AX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Vicinity Centres VCX.AX$8.01B0%+3%12%0.94×9.7%
Scentre SCG.AX$13.1B-1%-4%10%0.97×11.6%
Stockland SGP.AX$7.74B+15%+15%10%1.04×11.7%
GPT GPT.AX$6.88B+11%-8%10%0.92×11.0%

How Vicinity Centres 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.

Vicinity Centres against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureVCX.AXPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.9%+4.1%8th highest of 21
6-month return+0.4%-1.3%9th highest of 21
Return on equity12.0%8.2%5th highest of 21
Price / book0.94×1.68×4th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E8.2×21.8×2nd cheapest of 16
ROE the price implies9.7%13.4%6th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered12.0%8.2%5th highest of 21
Bond spread119 bp97 bp2nd widest of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
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%
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust CHP-UN.TOCanada$7.95B-1%+4%-2%2.66×14.7%-1.7%
NNN REIT NNNUnited States$7.89B-7%+7%9%1.75×12.9%8.9%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities AREUnited States$7.80B-2%-10%-9%0.52×7.0%-9.1%
Stockland SGP.AXAustralia$7.74B+15%+15%10%1.04×11.7%9.5%
Land Securities LAND.LUnited Kingdom$7.51B+20%+7%5%0.77×11.9%5.3%
COPT Defense Properties CDPUnited States$7.43B+4%+7%11%2.42×17.3%11.2%
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT A17U.SISingapore$8.83B-9%+7%7%0.99×5.2%7.0%
Charter Hall CHC.AXAustralia$7.26B+14%-19%37%18.01×213.5%36.9%
Terreno Realty TRNOUnited States$7.24B0%+18%9%1.61×14.0%9.2%
Lineage LINEUnited States$8.91B-2%+1%-2%1.13×9.9%-2.0%
First Industrial Realty Trust FRUnited States$7.13B-14%+9%13%2.57×20.9%13.2%
CareTrust REIT CTREUnited States$9.03B-8%+53%9%2.01×14.7%9.1%
Agree Realty ADCUnited States$9.09B-8%+18%4%1.34×8.2%3.8%
STAG Industrial STAGUnited States$7.06B-6%+9%8%1.93×15.5%7.6%
Macerich MACUnited States$7.04B+14%+9%-14%2.50×33.9%-14.5%
Ryman Hospitality Properties RHPUnited States$9.11B+19%+13%26%6.58×55.9%26.0%
Brixmor Property BRXUnited States$9.21B+1%+5%14%3.05×23.1%14.2%
CapitaLand Investment 9CI.SISingapore$9.22B-11%-15%1%0.94×7.9%1.5%

Vicinity Centres bonds and credit

Vicinity Centres has 2 bonds outstanding with $694M face value. The agencies rate it A; its bonds trade like BBB. Weighted yield 4.15%, a spread of 119 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Vicinity Centres's main competitors?
Named competitors: Scentre Group (SCG.AX), Stockland (SGP.AX), GPT Group (GPT.AX). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), MERLIN Properties SOCIMI (MRL.MC), Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CHP-UN.TO), NNN REIT (NNN), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Stockland (SGP.AX).
Is Vicinity Centres expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.94× against a peer median of 1.68×, 4th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.7%; Vicinity Centres delivers 12.0%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Vicinity Centres stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +0.4% against -1.3% for the median peer; over one year -4.3%.

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.