Douglas Emmett (DEI) Competitors

SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SLG or DEI?

90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty currently has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.84%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus price target of $18.38, suggesting a potential upside of 24.66%. Given Douglas Emmett's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than SL Green Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SL Green Realty	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty received 132 more outperform votes than Douglas Emmett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.26% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SL Green Realty	Outperform Votes 535 58.47%	Underperform Votes 380 41.53%
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 403 59.26%	Underperform Votes 277 40.74%

Is SLG or DEI a better dividend stock?

SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. SL Green Realty pays out -735.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Emmett pays out 237.5% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. SL Green Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor SLG or DEI?

In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 5 more articles in the media than Douglas Emmett. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for SL Green Realty and 8 mentions for Douglas Emmett. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 1.11 indicating that SL Green Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SL Green Realty	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Douglas Emmett	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SLG or DEI more profitable?

SL Green Realty has a net margin of 2.48% compared to Douglas Emmett's net margin of 2.38%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 0.63% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SL Green Realty	2.48%	-0.10%	-0.04%
Douglas Emmett	2.38%	0.63%	0.25%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Douglas Emmett. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Emmett, 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
SL Green Realty	$938.24M	4.43	$30.65M	-$0.42	-138.74
Douglas Emmett	$993.04M	2.49	$23.52M	$0.32	46.06

Summary

SL Green Realty beats Douglas Emmett on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.