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SAFE vs. ARE, BNL, BRX, CUZ, FRT, HIW, KIM, NSA, STAG, and UDR

Should 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), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Highwoods Properties (HIW), 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

Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

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 Ratio
Safehold$365.68M3.05$105.76M$1.4310.87
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.12B4.26$322.95M-$0.13-590.59

70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Safehold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 4.70% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Safehold27.45% 4.70% 1.61%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities -0.33%-0.05%-0.03%

Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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.

Safehold has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Safehold presently has a consensus target price of $19.89, suggesting a potential upside of 27.90%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $95.87, suggesting a potential upside of 24.86%. Given Safehold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 12 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 2 mentions for Safehold. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Safehold's score of 0.33 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats Safehold on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAFE vs. The Competition

MetricSafeholdREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.12B$6.66B$12.60B$21.96B
Dividend Yield4.60%5.39%5.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio10.8742.1221.1832.72
Price / Sales3.055.3130.1088.34
Price / Cash8.3518.4519.3418.06
Price / Book0.471.792.274.71
Net Income$105.76M$193.23M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.01%0.13%0.27%0.91%
1 Month Performance-4.47%-5.16%-1.33%0.33%
1 Year Performance-36.79%-18.83%539.10%10.85%

Safehold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAFE
Safehold
4.2972 of 5 stars
$15.55
+1.0%
$19.89
+27.9%
-37.4%$1.12B$365.68M10.87120Upcoming Earnings
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.683 of 5 stars
$73.92
0.0%
$95.87
+29.7%
-38.4%$12.79B$3.12B-568.58590Upcoming Earnings
BNL
Broadstone Net Lease
3.3032 of 5 stars
$18.17
+0.7%
$19.89
+9.5%
-0.6%$3.41B$431.80M34.9470
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.7145 of 5 stars
$26.85
+1.2%
$30.75
+14.5%
-4.0%$8.12B$1.29B24.41500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.4471 of 5 stars
$26.26
-1.4%
$32.18
+22.6%
-15.8%$4.47B$856.76M70.97290
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.4588 of 5 stars
$96.99
+1.5%
$109.36
+12.8%
-13.4%$8.25B$1.20B24.55320Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.6256 of 5 stars
$29.75
-1.8%
$32.29
+8.5%
-17.5%$3.27B$825.86M25.00340News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.3505 of 5 stars
$21.05
+1.3%
$24.92
+18.4%
-11.2%$14.07B$2.04B25.36640
NSA
National Storage Affiliates Trust
1.1558 of 5 stars
$30.73
+1.9%
$33.64
+9.5%
-28.2%$2.32B$770.34M49.561,466Analyst Downgrade
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.1997 of 5 stars
$36.28
+2.2%
$38.00
+4.8%
-0.7%$6.63B$767.38M28.5690News Coverage
Positive News
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.6879 of 5 stars
$36.15
+1.2%
$43.65
+20.8%
-19.3%$11.83B$1.67B95.131,432Analyst Forecast

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