SLG vs. BXP, KRC, HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, and ARE
Should you be buying SL Green Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SL Green Realty include Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 5 more articles in the media than Boston Properties. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for SL Green Realty and 15 mentions for Boston Properties. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.46 indicating that Boston Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boston Properties has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Boston Properties received 116 more outperform votes than SL Green Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.02% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote while only 60.43% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.
Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boston Properties has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of -19.31%. SL Green Realty's return on equity of 2.35% beat Boston Properties' return on equity.
Boston Properties presently has a consensus price target of $69.60, suggesting a potential downside of 1.28%. SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $47.38, suggesting a potential downside of 26.66%. Given SL Green Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Boston Properties pays out 321.3% 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 pays out -36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Boston Properties beats SL Green Realty on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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