Realty Income (O) Competitors

Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and Realty Income (NYSE:O) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPG or O?

Simon Property Group received 349 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 63.45% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 882 73.44%	Underperform Votes 319 26.56%
Realty Income	Outperform Votes 533 63.45%	Underperform Votes 307 36.55%

Do analysts recommend SPG or O?

Simon Property Group presently has a consensus price target of $179.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.80%. Realty Income has a consensus price target of $61.15, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. Given Simon Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Simon Property Group is more favorable than Realty Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simon Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Realty Income	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Which has better earnings & valuation, SPG or O?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Simon Property Group	$5.99B	8.64	$2.37B	$6.28	25.27
Realty Income	$5.39B	9.72	$872.31M	$1.10	52.74

Does the media refer more to SPG or O?

In the previous week, Realty Income had 2 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Realty Income and 22 mentions for Simon Property Group. Realty Income's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.78 indicating that Realty Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Simon Property Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Realty Income	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SPG or O a better dividend stock?

Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $8.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Simon Property Group pays out 133.8% 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 292.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Realty Income has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SPG or O?

Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Realty Income has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SPG or O?

93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Realty Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Realty Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SPG or O more profitable?

Simon Property Group has a net margin of 41.49% compared to Realty Income's net margin of 17.57%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 74.02% beat Realty Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simon Property Group	41.49%	74.02%	7.46%
Realty Income	17.57%	2.35%	1.34%

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.