VNO vs. CUZ, LXP, AAT, WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VTR, ARE, and ESS
Should you be buying Vornado Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vornado Realty Trust include Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Ventas (VTR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and Essex Property Trust (ESS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 9 more articles in the media than Vornado Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Cousins Properties and 8 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust. Cousins Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Vornado Realty Trust's score of 0.62 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Cousins Properties has a net margin of 9.15% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 5.07%. Cousins Properties' return on equity of 3.02% beat Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity.
Cousins Properties presently has a consensus target price of $23.67, indicating a potential downside of 13.15%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $24.27, indicating a potential downside of 17.24%. Given Vornado Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.
Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vornado Realty Trust received 250 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.21% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.
Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Cousins Properties pays out 261.2% 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 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Cousins Properties and Vornado Realty Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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