Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) Competitors

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is VNO or BDN a better dividend stock?

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 15.0%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brandywine Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VNO or BDN?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VNO or BDN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.80B	3.97	$70.39M	$4.04	9.23
Brandywine Realty Trust	$505.52M	1.38	-$195.91M	-$1.88	-2.13

Does the media favor VNO or BDN?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 15 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 3 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Vornado Realty Trust's score of 1.13 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vornado Realty Trust	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brandywine Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, VNO or BDN?

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend VNO or BDN?

Vornado Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $37.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.39%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.84%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is VNO or BDN more profitable?

Vornado Realty Trust has a net margin of 48.49% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -65.33%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 19.64% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vornado Realty Trust	48.49%	19.64%	5.53%
Brandywine Realty Trust	-65.33%	-32.12%	-9.31%

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.