O vs. SPG, KIM, PSA, DLR, CCI, WELL, VICI, EXR, AVB, and EQR
Should you be buying Realty Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Realty Income include Simon Property Group (SPG), Kimco Realty (KIM), Public Storage (PSA), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), Welltower (WELL), VICI Properties (VICI), Extra Space Storage (EXR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), and Equity Residential (EQR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Realty Income (NYSE:O) and Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Realty Income pays out 285.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Realty Income had 30 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Realty Income and 11 mentions for Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Realty Income's score of 0.70 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Simon Property Group received 353 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.59% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.
Realty Income has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Realty Income presently has a consensus price target of $61.38, suggesting a potential upside of 16.09%. Simon Property Group has a consensus price target of $141.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.28%. Given Realty Income's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Simon Property Group.
70.8% of Realty Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Realty Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Realty Income. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Realty Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 46.49% compared to Realty Income's net margin of 17.74%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 78.50% beat Realty Income's return on equity.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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