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$51.64 -1.44 (-2.71%)
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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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

SL Green Realty has a net margin of 1.75% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of -0.33%. 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 Realty1.75% -0.22% -0.08%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities -0.33%-0.05%-0.03%

SL Green Realty currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.87%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus price target of $95.87, indicating a potential upside of 24.56%. Given SL Green Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SL Green Realty
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

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

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$886.27M4.16$30.65M$0.015,164.20
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.12B4.27$322.95M-$0.13-592.05

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 1 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 20 mentions for SL Green Realty. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.44 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. SL Green Realty pays out 30,900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SL Green Realty 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.

Summary

Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats SL Green Realty on 11 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$3.68B$8.61B$12.58B$21.96B
Dividend Yield5.87%5.47%5.57%3.62%
P/E Ratio5,169.37149.8621.1432.72
Price / Sales4.165.1330.1680.84
Price / Cash187.2517.8222.3724.33
Price / Book0.921.652.244.66
Net Income$30.65M$128.86M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.12%1.25%0.95%1.47%
1 Month Performance-16.30%-2.28%-1.13%0.43%
1 Year Performance-31.67%-10.34%536.19%12.71%

SL Green Realty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.7133 of 5 stars
$51.64
-2.7%
$65.00
+25.9%
-30.8%$3.68B$886.27M5,169.371,221Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.7136 of 5 stars
$76.78
+2.4%
$95.87
+24.9%
-34.1%$13.28B$3.12B-590.59590Upcoming Earnings
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.4382 of 5 stars
$3.66
-0.7%
$4.50
+22.8%
-38.5%$636.44M$505.52M-1.95330News Coverage
Earnings Report
BXP
BXP
3.4869 of 5 stars
$70.68
-0.5%
$79.26
+12.1%
-15.7%$11.19B$3.41B2,356.79780Upcoming Earnings
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.696 of 5 stars
$26.62
-0.7%
$32.18
+20.9%
-14.5%$4.47B$856.76M71.94290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.5471 of 5 stars
$13.20
-1.5%
$18.25
+38.3%
-26.5%$2.21B$986.48M59.98750News Coverage
Positive News
ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust
4.5749 of 5 stars
$7.26
-0.2%
$10.43
+43.8%
-30.6%$1.23B$767.92M30.23670Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.8632 of 5 stars
$29.79
-0.8%
$32.29
+8.4%
-16.8%$3.22B$825.86M25.03340Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.508 of 5 stars
$40.58
+0.7%
$41.17
+1.4%
-2.5%$4.80B$1.14B22.06260Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
1.5052 of 5 stars
$8.27
+1.3%
$8.67
+4.9%
-21.0%$1.03B$570.32M-15.03150News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.4672 of 5 stars
$38.25
-2.5%
$39.42
+3.0%
-8.2%$7.35B$1.79B9.472,996Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SLG) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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