Douglas Emmett (DEI) Competitors

SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Is SLG or DEI more profitable?

SL Green Realty has a net margin of 2.48% compared to Douglas Emmett's net margin of 2.38%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 0.63% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SL Green Realty	2.48%	-0.10%	-0.04%
Douglas Emmett	2.38%	0.63%	0.25%

Is SLG or DEI a better dividend stock?

SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. SL Green Realty pays out 3,862.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Douglas Emmett pays out 584.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SL Green Realty, 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
SL Green Realty	$886.27M	4.69	$30.65M	$0.08	728.98
Douglas Emmett	$986.48M	2.78	$23.52M	$0.13	125.79

Which has more volatility & risk, SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SLG or DEI?

90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty received 132 more outperform votes than Douglas Emmett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.29% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 58.62% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SL Green Realty	Outperform Votes 534 58.62%	Underperform Votes 377 41.38%
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 402 59.29%	Underperform Votes 276 40.71%

Do analysts rate SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty currently has a consensus target price of $69.87, indicating a potential upside of 19.80%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.13%. Given SL Green Realty's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SL Green Realty	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media favor SLG or DEI?

In the previous week, SL Green Realty and SL Green Realty both had 7 articles in the media. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 1.15 indicating that SL Green Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SL Green Realty	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Douglas Emmett	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Douglas Emmett beats SL Green Realty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.