Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) Competitors

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Is CUZ or VNO a better dividend stock?

Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Cousins Properties pays out 261.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CUZ or VNO?

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, CUZ or VNO?

Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CUZ or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust received 250 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.77% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 269 56.63%	Underperform Votes 206 43.37%
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 519 60.77%	Underperform Votes 335 39.23%

Does the media prefer CUZ or VNO?

In the previous week, Cousins Properties and Cousins Properties both had 14 articles in the media. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Cousins Properties' score of 0.45 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vornado Realty Trust	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CUZ or VNO more profitable?

Cousins Properties has a net margin of 9.15% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 5.82%. Cousins Properties' return on equity of 3.22% beat Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cousins Properties	9.15%	1.62%	0.97%
Vornado Realty Trust	5.82%	3.22%	0.94%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CUZ or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Cousins Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cousins Properties	$809.39M	4.44	$82.96M	$0.49	48.27
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.80B	2.51	$105.49M	$0.15	158.07

Do analysts prefer CUZ or VNO?

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus price target of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.07%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.44%. Given Cousins Properties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vornado Realty Trust is more favorable than Cousins Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cousins Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Vornado Realty Trust	5 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Summary

Cousins Properties beats Vornado Realty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.