KRC vs. SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, BXP, PECO, IRT, KRG, CUZ, and HASI
Should you be buying Kilroy Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kilroy Realty include SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Boston Properties (BXP), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Kilroy Realty presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.31%. SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.30%. Given Kilroy Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.43% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -64.45%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 3.63% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.
Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SL Green Realty received 78 more outperform votes than Kilroy Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.25% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.
Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Kilroy Realty pays out 124.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SL Green Realty pays out -36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 6 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SL Green Realty and 3 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.81 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats SL Green Realty on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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