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SAFE vs. ARE, BNL, BRX, CUZ, EPRT, FRT, 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), 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 (NYSE:ARE) and Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Safehold has a net margin of 28.20% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 4.62%. Safehold's return on equity of 4.76% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities4.62% 0.64% 0.38%
Safehold 28.20%4.76%1.64%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 694.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Safehold pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Safehold has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus price target of $99.54, indicating a potential upside of 27.45%. Safehold has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 47.07%. 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
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Safehold
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 13 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 3 mentions for Safehold. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Safehold's score of 0.33 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Safehold
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Safehold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than Safehold. Safehold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.12B4.34$322.95M$0.76102.77
Safehold$365.68M2.98$105.76M$1.4610.40

Summary

Safehold beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities 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

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.
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SAFE vs. The Competition

MetricSafeholdREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.07B$7.06B$11.96B$20.61B
Dividend Yield4.73%4.96%5.58%3.68%
P/E Ratio10.4063.8119.1027.27
Price / Sales2.985.6326.1467.19
Price / Cash8.1223.0121.3421.88
Price / Book0.461.972.304.60
Net Income$105.76M$193.23M$997.60M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-2.78%0.20%-0.45%-1.55%
1 Month Performance-1.29%0.82%4.23%4.38%
1 Year Performance-33.13%-11.42%540.79%8.12%

Safehold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAFE
Safehold
4.213 of 5 stars
$15.19
+1.4%
$22.33
+47.1%
-31.7%$1.07B$365.68M10.40120
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.4121 of 5 stars
$75.03
-2.5%
$99.54
+32.7%
-38.8%$12.98B$3.12B98.72590Upcoming Earnings
BNL
Broadstone Net Lease
2.5998 of 5 stars
$16.03
-1.9%
$18.67
+16.4%
-8.0%$3.03B$431.80M26.2870Analyst Forecast
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.1144 of 5 stars
$25.83
-0.7%
$30.30
+17.3%
+4.6%$7.91B$1.29B24.60500Positive News
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.3006 of 5 stars
$29.08
-2.2%
$32.40
+11.4%
+14.5%$4.88B$856.76M88.12290Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EPRT
Essential Properties Realty Trust
3.2071 of 5 stars
$31.47
-1.8%
$35.06
+11.4%
+1.7%$6.22B$449.61M27.3740Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.6581 of 5 stars
$94.31
-1.6%
$112.07
+18.8%
-13.2%$8.09B$1.20B27.02320Positive News
KIM
Kimco Realty
3.9423 of 5 stars
$21.20
-1.9%
$24.70
+16.5%
+1.1%$14.34B$2.04B27.53640Positive News
NSA
National Storage Affiliates Trust
1.2975 of 5 stars
$31.75
-2.6%
$38.63
+21.7%
-29.7%$2.43B$770.34M53.811,466Positive News
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.029 of 5 stars
$36.16
-1.3%
$39.71
+9.8%
-6.2%$6.75B$767.38M27.1990Positive News
Dividend Announcement
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7785 of 5 stars
$40.91
+0.3%
$46.44
+13.5%
-1.0%$13.55B$1.67B116.891,432Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:SAFE) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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