Realty Income (O) Competitors

Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) and Realty Income (NYSE:O) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is WBA or O more profitable?

Realty Income has a net margin of 18.15% compared to Walgreens Boots Alliance's net margin of -4.07%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's return on equity of 17.66% beat Realty Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Walgreens Boots Alliance	-4.07%	17.66%	2.22%
Realty Income	18.15%	2.51%	1.42%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WBA or O?

Realty Income has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walgreens Boots Alliance. Walgreens Boots Alliance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Realty Income, 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
Walgreens Boots Alliance	$147.66B	0.07	-$8.64B	-$6.69	-1.71
Realty Income	$5.27B	9.90	$860.77M	$1.10	52.51

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WBA or O?

58.6% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Realty Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Realty Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, WBA or O?

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Realty Income has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to WBA or O?

In the previous week, Realty Income had 2 more articles in the media than Walgreens Boots Alliance. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Realty Income and 32 mentions for Walgreens Boots Alliance. Realty Income's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Walgreens Boots Alliance's score of 0.55 indicating that Realty Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Walgreens Boots Alliance	13 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Realty Income	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend WBA or O?

Walgreens Boots Alliance presently has a consensus target price of $10.59, suggesting a potential downside of 7.54%. Realty Income has a consensus target price of $61.15, suggesting a potential upside of 5.86%. Given Realty Income's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Walgreens Boots Alliance	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Realty Income	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Summary

Realty Income beats Walgreens Boots Alliance on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.