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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

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

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
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.02B4.53$322.95M-$0.13-608.55
SL Green Realty$886.27M4.78$30.65M-$0.54-109.90

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 21 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 1 mentions for SL Green Realty. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.00 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
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SL Green Realty
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SL Green Realty pays out -572.2% 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. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and SL Green Realty 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 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
Alexandria Real Estate Equities-0.33% -0.05% -0.03%
SL Green Realty -2.21%-1.19%-0.43%

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus target price of $96.47, suggesting a potential upside of 21.94%. SL Green Realty has a consensus target price of $67.79, suggesting a potential upside of 14.22%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, equities 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
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
SL Green Realty
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats SL Green Realty on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SLG vs. The Competition

MetricSL Green RealtyREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.23B$8.43B$12.73B$21.95B
Dividend Yield5.21%5.44%5.51%3.56%
P/E Ratio-109.9581.0730.2129.65
Price / Sales4.785.1430.43100.18
Price / Cash211.2118.5119.7218.33
Price / Book1.021.642.304.61
Net Income$30.65M$128.86M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.79%-1.22%0.24%0.14%
1 Month Performance-4.39%-3.77%0.63%2.28%
1 Year Performance-11.43%-9.99%541.27%13.86%

SL Green Realty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLG
SL Green Realty
2.4022 of 5 stars
$59.23
+0.4%
$67.79
+14.5%
-13.0%$4.23B$886.27M-109.761,221
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.7513 of 5 stars
$84.33
+0.6%
$98.38
+16.7%
-30.4%$14.59B$3.12B-648.69590Analyst Forecast
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.0407 of 5 stars
$4.20
-3.7%
$4.50
+7.1%
-30.7%$729.54M$505.52M-2.23330
BXP
BXP
3.4459 of 5 stars
$75.30
+0.6%
$77.13
+2.4%
-7.6%$11.93B$3.41B2,510.67780
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.5183 of 5 stars
$28.26
-0.3%
$32.50
+15.0%
-1.6%$4.75B$856.76M76.36290
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.5868 of 5 stars
$15.55
-0.1%
$18.57
+19.4%
-14.9%$2.60B$986.48M70.68750
ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust
4.3152 of 5 stars
$7.66
+0.1%
$10.43
+36.3%
-27.7%$1.30B$767.92M31.90670Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.8087 of 5 stars
$31.18
-0.4%
$32.17
+3.2%
-2.3%$3.37B$825.86M26.20340
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.0121 of 5 stars
$42.48
-0.4%
$39.45
-7.1%
+10.9%$5.02B$1.14B23.08260Positive News
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
1.1265 of 5 stars
$8.88
+1.2%
$8.67
-2.4%
-11.6%$1.11B$570.32M-16.14150Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.1032 of 5 stars
$40.36
+0.2%
$38.64
-4.3%
+4.8%$7.75B$1.79B9.992,996Positive News

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