Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) Competitors

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is CUZ or VNO more profitable?

Cousins Properties has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 3.94%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.60% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cousins Properties	5.36%	1.00%	0.58%
Vornado Realty Trust	3.94%	1.60%	0.44%

Does the media refer more to CUZ or VNO?

In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 6 more articles in the media than Vornado Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cousins Properties and 14 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Cousins Properties' score of 1.26 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vornado Realty Trust	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend CUZ or VNO?

Cousins Properties presently has a consensus target price of $32.70, suggesting a potential upside of 16.69%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.24%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cousins Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Which has more risk and volatility, CUZ or VNO?

Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CUZ or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust received 239 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.94% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 285 56.77%	Underperform Votes 217 43.23%
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 58.94%	Underperform Votes 365 41.06%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CUZ or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Cousins Properties 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cousins Properties	$856.76M	5.49	$45.96M	$0.30	93.41
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.79B	4.03	$70.39M	$0.04	938.38

Is CUZ or VNO a better dividend stock?

Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Cousins Properties pays out 426.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 1,850.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CUZ or VNO?

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Cousins Properties beats Vornado Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.