SPG vs. O, KIM, PSA, DLR, WELL, VICI, EXR, AVB, EQR, and IRM
Should you be buying Simon Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simon Property Group include Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), Public Storage (PSA), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Welltower (WELL), VICI Properties (VICI), Extra Space Storage (EXR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), and Iron Mountain (IRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and Realty Income (NYSE:O) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Simon Property Group received 354 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.38% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.
Simon Property Group presently has a consensus target price of $140.22, indicating a potential downside of 1.50%. Realty Income has a consensus target price of $60.96, indicating a potential upside of 13.47%. Given Realty Income's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Simon Property Group.
Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Realty Income has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 42.30% compared to Realty Income's net margin of 21.39%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 70.97% beat Realty Income's return on equity.
93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Realty Income shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Realty Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Realty Income had 27 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Realty Income and 10 mentions for Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Realty Income's score of 0.91 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Simon Property Group pays out 111.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income pays out 244.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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