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SLG vs. ARE, BXP, KRC, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, and DLR

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), BXP (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, 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$3.12B4.15$322.95M$0.7698.34
SL Green Realty$886.27M5.02$30.65M-$0.42-148.62

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 15 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 8 mentions for SL Green Realty. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.40 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SL Green Realty
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 694.7% 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 -735.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and SL Green Realty has increased 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.

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned 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.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 4.62% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -1.30%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity of 0.64% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities4.62% 0.64% 0.38%
SL Green Realty -1.30%-0.98%-0.37%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities currently has a consensus price target of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.21%. SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.27%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
SL Green Realty
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Summary

Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats SL Green Realty on 14 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$4.41B$8.31B$12.00B$20.43B
Dividend Yield4.99%5.84%5.61%3.76%
P/E Ratio-148.5740.8819.9327.62
Price / Sales5.024.9125.6836.40
Price / Cash220.3517.9721.1721.79
Price / Book1.071.662.234.52
Net Income$30.65M$128.99M$1.00B$984.47M
7 Day Performance7.09%1.89%2.04%2.61%
1 Month Performance8.91%3.11%3.57%4.99%
1 Year Performance12.39%0.36%539.63%13.53%

SL Green Realty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.4949 of 5 stars
$62.42
+0.8%
$66.33
+6.3%
+13.5%$4.41B$886.27M-148.571,221
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.6123 of 5 stars
$72.99
+2.3%
$116.00
+58.9%
-35.6%$12.63B$3.12B96.04590
BXP
BXP
3.7019 of 5 stars
$71.05
-0.6%
$79.54
+12.0%
+12.2%$11.25B$3.41B-3,550.57780
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.8915 of 5 stars
$35.02
-0.2%
$39.10
+11.7%
+10.5%$4.14B$1.14B20.85260News Coverage
Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
2.8616 of 5 stars
$31.40
-0.5%
$31.83
+1.4%
+18.2%$3.38B$825.86M19.50340Analyst Downgrade
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.4763 of 5 stars
$14.94
+0.4%
$18.13
+21.3%
+16.9%$2.50B$986.48M46.69750
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.6488 of 5 stars
$7.41
+0.1%
$8.67
+17.0%
+4.1%$921.88M$570.32M-15.12150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.4685 of 5 stars
$4.32
-1.4%
$5.00
+15.7%
-1.5%$747.14M$505.52M-3.60330
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.4553 of 5 stars
$2.81
-0.7%
$3.51
+25.0%
-42.0%$397.31M$842.08M-1.03880High Trading Volume
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
N/A$1.58
flat
N/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.4589 of 5 stars
$177.55
+1.2%
$185.76
+4.6%
+12.5%$59.80B$5.55B165.933,936Positive News

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