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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SPG or O?

93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Realty Income shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Realty Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	$5.96B	8.69	$2.37B	$7.26	21.87
Realty Income	$5.27B	9.67	$872.31M	$0.98	58.34

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, 73.52% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 63.59% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 880 73.52%	Underperform Votes 317 26.48%
Realty Income	Outperform Votes 531 63.59%	Underperform Votes 304 36.41%

Which has more risk & volatility, SPG or O?

Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Realty Income has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 115.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income pays out 328.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer SPG or O?

In the previous week, Realty Income had 19 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Realty Income and 25 mentions for Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Realty Income's score of 0.91 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Simon Property Group	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Realty Income	28 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SPG or O?

Simon Property Group currently has a consensus price target of $178.39, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Realty Income has a consensus price target of $62.35, suggesting a potential upside of 9.05%. Given Simon Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Realty Income	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.