Simon Property Group (SPG) Competitors

Realty Income (NYSE:O) and Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Is O or SPG a better dividend stock?

Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $8.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Realty Income pays out 291.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group pays out 104.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years. Realty Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in O or SPG?

Simon Property Group received 351 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.88% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.25% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Realty Income	Outperform Votes 523 64.25%	Underperform Votes 291 35.75%
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 874 73.88%	Underperform Votes 309 26.12%

Do analysts recommend O or SPG?

Realty Income currently has a consensus target price of $62.38, indicating a potential downside of 0.04%. Simon Property Group has a consensus target price of $161.28, indicating a potential downside of 1.96%. Given Realty Income's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Simon Property Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Realty Income	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Simon Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders & institutionals believe in O or SPG?

70.8% of Realty Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Realty Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Simon Property Group 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.

Does the media prefer O or SPG?

In the previous week, Realty Income had 14 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Realty Income and 20 mentions for Simon Property Group. Realty Income's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Realty Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Realty Income	16 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simon Property Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is O or SPG more profitable?

Simon Property Group has a net margin of 45.90% compared to Realty Income's net margin of 17.89%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 78.14% beat Realty Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Realty Income	17.89%	3.27%	1.35%
Simon Property Group	45.90%	78.14%	7.98%

Which has more volatility & risk, O or SPG?

Realty Income has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, O or SPG?

Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Realty Income. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Realty Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Realty Income	$4.72B	11.52	$872.31M	$1.08	57.78
Simon Property Group	$5.84B	9.18	$2.28B	$7.85	20.96

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.