Macerich Company (The) (MAC) Stock Analysis
Real Estate · REIT - Retail
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $23.39: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation.
Macerich is a REIT owning, developing, and managing 37 regional retail centers and 1 community/power center totaling approximately 39 million square feet of GLA, primarily concentrated in California, New York, and Arizona. Revenue is generated from minimum rents, percentage... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $23.39: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst cluster(4), earnings proximity 63d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Macerich Company (The)
Latest news
- NEWS This Loop Capital Analyst Turns Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Upgrades For Tuesday — benzinga Jun 3, 2026 positive
- NEWS Deutsche Bank Upgrades Macerich to Buy, Raises Price Target to $27 — benzinga Jun 2, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Scotiabank Maintains Sector Outperform on Macerich, Raises Price Target to $24 — benzinga May 19, 2026 positive
- NEWS Goldman Sachs Maintains Sell on Macerich, Raises Price Target to $19 — benzinga May 15, 2026 negative
- NEWS Mizuho Maintains Outperform on Macerich, Raises Price Target to $24 — benzinga May 15, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-06-09T22:06:37Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicCalifornia, New York and Arizona10-K Item 1A: 'A significant percentage of our Centers are located in California, New York and Arizona. To the extent that weak economic or real estate conditions...affect California, New York or Arizona...our financial performance could be negatively impacted'
- HIGHPropertyregional retail centers10-K Item 1: 'The Company is involved in the acquisition, ownership, development, redevelopment, management and leasing of regional and community/power shopping centers located throughout the United States'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Priced at a premium — multiples above sector norms. Needs delivery on growth + margins to justify.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -17.9%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $23.39: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $22.33. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $23.29 (-0.4% upside). Prior stop was $22.33. Stop-loss: $22.33.
Concentration risk — Property Type: regional retail centers; Target reached (-11.0% upside); Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0).
Macerich Company (The) trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 788.7). TrendMatrix value score: 3.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
20 analysts cover MAC with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $23.
What does Macerich Company (The) do?Macerich is a REIT owning, developing, and managing 37 regional retail centers and 1 community/power center totaling...
Macerich is a REIT owning, developing, and managing 37 regional retail centers and 1 community/power center totaling approximately 39 million square feet of GLA, primarily concentrated in California, New York, and Arizona. Revenue is generated from minimum rents, percentage rents, and CAM charges; the company is executing its Path Forward Plan to deleverage, divest non-core assets, and reinvest in 32 go-forward portfolio centers.