VNO vs. BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, JBGS, KRC, PDM, SLG, and LXP
Should you be buying Vornado Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vornado Realty Trust include Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), SL Green Realty (SLG), and LXP Industrial Trust (LXP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Vornado Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors
Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 9 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 0.96 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vornado Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $37.91, indicating a potential upside of 0.39%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.65%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.
Vornado Realty Trust has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -40.97%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 3.83% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.
Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 142.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vornado Realty Trust beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:VNO) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
