BDN vs. SLG, DEI, EQC, HIW, OFC, RPT, BRSP, CSR, KREF, and RWT
Should you be buying Brandywine Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brandywine Realty Trust include SL Green Realty (SLG), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), RPT Realty (RPT), BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), Centerspace (CSR), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), and Redwood Trust (RWT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Brandywine Realty Trust vs.
SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SL Green Realty received 147 more outperform votes than Brandywine Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.48% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Brandywine Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brandywine Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SL Green Realty presently has a consensus price target of $39.88, suggesting a potential upside of 82.66%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $7.92, suggesting a potential upside of 78.71%. Given SL Green Realty's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Brandywine Realty Trust.
Brandywine Realty Trust has a net margin of 10.64% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -9.44%. Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity of 3.26% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 18 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for SL Green Realty and 3 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.33 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.9%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.2%. SL Green Realty pays out -218.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out 245.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Brandywine Realty Trust beats SL Green Realty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Brandywine Realty Trust Competitors List
