SPG vs. O, KIM, FRT, NNN, ADC, KRG, MAC, SKT, AKR, and ROIC
Should you be buying Simon Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simon Property Group include Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), NNN REIT (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), and Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC). These companies are all part of the "retail reits" industry.
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and Realty Income (NYSE:O) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Simon Property Group received 353 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.59% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.
93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Realty Income shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Realty Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Realty Income had 8 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Realty Income and 17 mentions for Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Realty Income's score of 0.70 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Realty Income. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Realty Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Simon Property Group pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income pays out 285.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Simon Property Group presently has a consensus price target of $145.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.92%. Realty Income has a consensus price target of $61.38, suggesting a potential upside of 18.17%. Given Realty Income's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Simon Property Group.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 46.49% compared to Realty Income's net margin of 17.74%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 78.50% beat Realty Income's return on equity.
Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Realty Income has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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