SLG vs. HIW, KRC, DEI, EQC, BXP, SBRA, EPR, MAC, BXMT, and CUZ
Should you be buying SL Green Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SL Green Realty include Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Boston Properties (BXP), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), Macerich (MAC), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), and Cousins Properties (CUZ). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 5 more articles in the media than Highwoods Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SL Green Realty and 9 mentions for Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.29 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Highwoods Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SL Green Realty presently has a consensus price target of $40.42, indicating a potential downside of 20.81%. Highwoods Properties has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.36%. Given Highwoods Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Highwoods Properties is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. SL Green Realty pays out -33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Highwoods Properties pays out 143.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SL Green Realty received 149 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.87% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 61.14% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 17.89% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -68.05%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 6.12% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.
82.4% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats SL Green Realty on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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