Safehold (SAFE) Competitors $14.02 -0.23 (-1.61%) Closing price 08/6/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.06 +0.04 (+0.29%) As of 08/6/2025 06:08 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SAFE vs. ARE, BNL, BRX, CUZ, EPRT, FRT, KIM, NSA, STAG, and UDRShould you be buying Safehold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safehold include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Stag Industrial (STAG), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Safehold vs. Its Competitors Alexandria Real Estate Equities Broadstone Net Lease Brixmor Property Group Cousins Properties Essential Properties Realty Trust Federal Realty Investment Trust Kimco Realty National Storage Affiliates Trust Stag Industrial United Dominion Realty Trust Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations. Does the media prefer SAFE or ARE? In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 1 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 12 mentions for Safehold. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Safehold's score of 0.66 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Safehold 4 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Alexandria Real Estate Equities 12 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better earnings and valuation, SAFE or ARE? Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than Safehold. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safehold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSafehold$365.68M2.75$105.76M$1.439.80Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.12B4.10$322.95M-$0.13-567.75 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SAFE or ARE? 70.4% of Safehold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Safehold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned 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. Do analysts rate SAFE or ARE? Safehold presently has a consensus target price of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 59.30%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $97.17, suggesting a potential upside of 31.65%. Given Safehold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than Alexandria Real Estate Equities.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Safehold 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.44Alexandria Real Estate Equities 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.18 Which has more risk and volatility, SAFE or ARE? Safehold has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is SAFE or ARE more profitable? Safehold has a net margin of 27.45% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of -0.33%. Safehold's return on equity of 4.73% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Safehold27.45% 4.73% 1.62% Alexandria Real Estate Equities -0.33%-0.05%-0.03% Is SAFE or ARE a better dividend stock? Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Safehold pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Safehold has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. SummarySafehold beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Safehold News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SAFE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SAFE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart SAFE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSafeholdREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.02B$6.81B$12.11B$20.65BDividend Yield4.97%5.19%5.64%3.66%P/E Ratio9.8044.6619.7429.27Price / Sales2.755.3626.3862.37Price / Cash7.7322.8521.3823.31Price / Book0.421.922.124.37Net Income$105.76M$193.23M$1.00B$996.36M7 Day Performance0.21%0.09%0.32%0.59%1 Month Performance-9.14%-3.80%0.38%0.23%1 Year Performance-37.74%-15.31%544.59%16.71% Safehold Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SAFESafehold4.1877 of 5 stars$14.02-1.6%$22.33+59.3%-38.8%$1.02B$365.68M9.80120Trending NewsEarnings ReportAREAlexandria Real Estate Equities4.651 of 5 stars$79.15-3.7%$99.54+25.8%-36.0%$13.69B$3.02B-608.85590Positive NewsBNLBroadstone Net Lease3.6444 of 5 stars$15.78-0.6%$18.57+17.7%-2.9%$2.98B$431.80M25.8770Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeBRXBrixmor Property Group4.4299 of 5 stars$25.53-0.4%$30.30+18.7%+5.8%$7.81B$1.30B24.31500Positive NewsCUZCousins Properties3.8832 of 5 stars$27.27-1.8%$32.50+19.2%-0.5%$4.58B$856.76M82.64290Positive NewsEarnings ReportEPRTEssential Properties Realty Trust3.6151 of 5 stars$30.51-0.4%$34.90+14.4%+4.2%$6.05B$503.26M25.8640Positive NewsFRTFederal Realty Investment Trust4.7636 of 5 stars$93.18-1.1%$111.29+19.4%-17.1%$7.99B$1.20B26.70320Trending NewsEarnings ReportKIMKimco Realty4.3373 of 5 stars$21.55-1.1%$24.70+14.6%-1.8%$14.58B$2.04B27.99640Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastNSANational Storage Affiliates Trust3.6635 of 5 stars$30.94-1.5%$38.38+24.0%-28.7%$2.37B$770.34M52.441,466News CoverageEarnings ReportSTAGStag Industrial4.2087 of 5 stars$34.75-2.5%$39.71+14.3%-12.2%$6.49B$767.38M26.1390UDRUnited Dominion Realty Trust4.5311 of 5 stars$39.90-1.3%$46.07+15.5%-7.0%$13.22B$1.67B114.001,432Earnings ReportAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Alexandria Real Estate Equities Alternatives Broadstone Net Lease Alternatives Brixmor Property Group Alternatives Cousins Properties Alternatives Essential Properties Realty Trust Alternatives Federal Realty Investment Trust Alternatives Kimco Realty Alternatives National Storage Affiliates Trust Alternatives Stag Industrial Alternatives United Dominion Realty Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SAFE) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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