Company Analysis

The Macerich Company (MAC)

NYSE: MAC · Real Estate Investment Trusts · Santa Monica, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade4.3
◀ Past 4.7● Present 3.0▶ Future 5.9

The grade of The Macerich Company

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past4.725% of the headline
● Present3.045% of the headline
▶ Future5.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 174 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Macerich Company's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Macerich Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.0 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025, down 0.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 25% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 5 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.3%bottom 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 19% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak24.5%bottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 5.7% a year. 56% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, The Macerich Company's diluted share count grew about 5.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 56% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.0/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -8%: lost 8¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 171 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, The Macerich Company lost about 8 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 14.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 13% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 43% of 157 in its family; net margin -19.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Macerich Company's standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of -19.8% ranks in the bottom 14%; revenue growth of 5.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.01Btop 37% of its family
  • net margin-19.8%bottom 14% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.7%top 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 31% of 160 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 160 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Macerich Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.4 years (top 47%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 8%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 11 peoplebottom 8% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.4 yearstop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 30% of 146 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 146 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Macerich Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $280 million against debt of $5.1 billion leaves -57.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 31.7% of revenue (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-57.2%bottom 14% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue31.7%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 19% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 153 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Macerich Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.7% a year over the last three filed years against -0.3% over all 10, speeding up (top 17% of its family); the newest year grew 10.4% (top 20%) (its annual reports). The Macerich Company tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+6.0 points a yeartop 17% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.4%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 44% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Macerich Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.8% above the $949 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 18% of its family); net income of $201 million against a prior three-year average of $180 million (bottom 37%); a net margin of -19.8% against -20.2% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.8%top 18% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-12%bottom 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.4 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MAC · research, not advice