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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts prefer O or SPG?

Realty Income currently has a consensus target price of $60.96, suggesting a potential upside of 13.50%. Simon Property Group has a consensus target price of $140.22, suggesting a potential downside of 1.50%. Given Simon Property Group's higher probable upside, research 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Simon Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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	$4.08B	11.34	$872.31M	$1.26	42.64
Simon Property Group	$5.66B	8.20	$2.28B	$6.98	20.40

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is O or SPG a better dividend stock?

Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Realty Income pays out 244.4% 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 111.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years and Simon Property Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Realty Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is O or SPG more profitable?

Simon Property Group has a net margin of 42.30% compared to Simon Property Group's net margin of 21.39%. Realty Income's return on equity of 70.97% beat Simon Property Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Realty Income	21.39%	4.06%	1.60%
Simon Property Group	42.30%	70.97%	7.18%

Does the media refer more to O or SPG?

In the previous week, Realty Income had 23 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Realty Income and 11 mentions for Simon Property Group. Realty Income's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.98 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Realty Income	23 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simon Property Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, O or SPG?

Realty Income has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in O or SPG?

Simon Property Group received 354 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.38% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Realty Income	Outperform Votes 517 64.63%	Underperform Votes 283 35.38%
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 871 74.38%	Underperform Votes 300 25.62%

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.