Gyrodyne (GYRO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, GYRO or VNO?

Gyrodyne has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GYRO or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $38.55, suggesting a potential downside of 2.16%. Given Vornado Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vornado Realty Trust is more favorable than Gyrodyne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gyrodyne	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

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

71.4% of Gyrodyne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of Gyrodyne 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer GYRO or VNO?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Gyrodyne. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 2 mentions for Gyrodyne. Gyrodyne's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Vornado Realty Trust's score of 1.30 indicating that Gyrodyne is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gyrodyne	Positive
Vornado Realty Trust	Positive

Is GYRO or VNO more profitable?

Vornado Realty Trust has a net margin of 3.94% compared to Gyrodyne's net margin of 0.00%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.60% beat Gyrodyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gyrodyne	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vornado Realty Trust	3.94%	1.60%	0.44%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GYRO or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust received 435 more outperform votes than Gyrodyne when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.42% of users gave Gyrodyne an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gyrodyne	Outperform Votes 89 66.42%	Underperform Votes 45 33.58%
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 59.14%	Underperform Votes 362 40.86%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GYRO or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gyrodyne.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gyrodyne	$4.86M	3.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.79B	4.21	$70.39M	$0.04	984.88

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust beats Gyrodyne on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.