SLG vs. HIW, KRC, DEI, EQC, BXP, SBRA, HHH, MAC, CTRE, and GRP.U
Should you be buying SL Green Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SL Green Realty include Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Boston Properties (BXP), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Howard Hughes (HHH), Macerich (MAC), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
SL Green Realty received 150 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SL Green Realty pays out -36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Highwoods Properties currently has a consensus price target of $24.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.77%. SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.59%. Given SL Green Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Highwoods Properties is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Highwoods Properties' net margin of -64.45%. SL Green Realty's return on equity of 5.44% beat Highwoods Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 2 more articles in the media than Highwoods Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SL Green Realty and 10 mentions for Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.42 indicating that SL Green Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats SL Green Realty on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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