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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of SL Green Realty 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 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.
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.
In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 19 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 3 mentions for SL Green Realty. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.98 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SL Green Realty currently has a consensus target price of $67.29, suggesting a potential upside of 24.42%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $97.17, suggesting a potential upside of 31.07%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
Summary
Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats SL Green Realty on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLG) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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