SPG vs. O, KIM, VICI, WELL, DLR, SBAC, AVB, EQR, ARE, and EXR
Should you be buying Simon Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simon Property Group include Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), VICI Properties (VICI), Welltower (WELL), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), SBA Communications (SBAC), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and Extra Space Storage (EXR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Simon Property Group vs.
Realty Income (NYSE:O) and Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 40.49% compared to Realty Income's net margin of 25.72%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 62.26% beat Realty Income's return on equity.
80.6% of Realty Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Realty Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Realty Income has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Simon Property Group received 355 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 66.06% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.
Realty Income presently has a consensus price target of $71.47, suggesting a potential upside of 21.84%. Simon Property Group has a consensus price target of $127.63, suggesting a potential upside of 24.68%. Given Simon Property Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Simon Property Group is more favorable than Realty Income.
Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Realty Income pays out 215.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group pays out 109.1% 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 increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Simon Property Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Simon Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, Simon Property Group had 6 more articles in the media than Realty Income. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Simon Property Group and 8 mentions for Realty Income. Realty Income's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Realty Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SPG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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