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SL Green Realty (SLG) Competitors

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$65.67 +0.73 (+1.12%)
Closing price 09/16/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SLG vs. ARE, BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, ESRT, HIW, KRC, PDM, and VNO

Should you be buying SL Green Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SL Green Realty include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - other" industry.

SL Green Realty vs. Its Competitors

SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned 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.

SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. SL Green Realty pays out -572.2% 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. SL Green Realty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Alexandria Real Estate Equities has raised 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.

In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 5 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for SL Green Realty and 20 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.95 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
SL Green Realty
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SL Green Realty presently has a consensus price target of $67.79, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus price target of $98.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than SL Green Realty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SL Green Realty
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of -0.33% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -2.21%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity of -0.05% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SL Green Realty-2.21% -1.19% -0.43%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities -0.33%-0.05%-0.03%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SL Green Realty$886.27M5.28$30.65M-$0.54-121.61
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.12B4.76$322.95M-$0.13-659.92

Summary

Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats SL Green Realty on 12 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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SLG vs. The Competition

MetricSL Green RealtyREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.63B$8.54B$12.71B$21.51B
Dividend Yield4.76%5.31%5.42%3.50%
P/E Ratio-121.6183.94246.5429.83
Price / Sales5.285.1530.8853.44
Price / Cash231.1819.3322.2224.76
Price / Book1.131.712.314.53
Net Income$30.65M$130.30M$1.01B$998.53M
7 Day Performance8.64%0.47%0.41%1.09%
1 Month Performance21.23%6.93%3.00%4.39%
1 Year Performance-5.11%-9.46%541.39%13.83%

SL Green Realty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLG
SL Green Realty
2.4298 of 5 stars
$65.67
+1.1%
$67.79
+3.2%
-7.1%$4.63B$886.27M-121.611,221Analyst Forecast
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.1885 of 5 stars
$85.56
+0.8%
$98.25
+14.8%
-31.2%$14.80B$3.02B-658.16590Analyst Upgrade
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.721 of 5 stars
$4.60
+1.2%
$5.00
+8.8%
-17.1%$798.15M$505.52M-2.44330News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
BXP
BXP
3.0205 of 5 stars
$77.87
+0.9%
$77.06
-1.0%
-3.1%$12.33B$3.45B2,596.67780
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.3907 of 5 stars
$29.17
-0.9%
$32.50
+11.4%
-0.8%$4.90B$856.76M78.84290Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.1294 of 5 stars
$16.57
-0.4%
$18.43
+11.2%
-3.2%$2.77B$999.70M75.33750Positive News
ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust
4.426 of 5 stars
$7.77
-1.8%
$10.43
+34.3%
-27.4%$1.32B$763.28M32.38670Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.6207 of 5 stars
$32.22
-0.5%
$32.17
-0.2%
-2.9%$3.48B$810.83M27.07340Positive News
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.0866 of 5 stars
$43.65
+1.1%
$38.82
-11.1%
+16.5%$5.16B$1.14B23.72260Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
1.2482 of 5 stars
$8.87
+0.2%
$8.67
-2.2%
-11.6%$1.10B$565.50M-16.12150Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.6012 of 5 stars
$42.09
-2.1%
$38.64
-8.2%
+12.5%$8.08B$1.80B10.422,996Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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