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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty received 133 more outperform votes than Douglas Emmett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.52% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SL Green Realty	Outperform Votes 533 59.42%	Underperform Votes 364 40.58%
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 400 59.52%	Underperform Votes 272 40.48%

Which has more volatility and risk, SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SLG or DEI more profitable?

Douglas Emmett has a net margin of -1.68% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -16.78%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of -0.43% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SL Green Realty	-16.78%	-3.76%	-1.46%
Douglas Emmett	-1.68%	-0.43%	-0.17%

Do analysts rate SLG or DEI?

SL Green Realty presently has a consensus price target of $65.57, indicating a potential downside of 15.69%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus price target of $17.43, indicating a potential downside of 7.02%. Given Douglas Emmett's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than SL Green Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SL Green Realty	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SLG or DEI?

Douglas Emmett has higher revenue and earnings than SL Green Realty. 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	$913.71M	5.61	-$557.30M	-$2.50	-31.11
Douglas Emmett	$1.02B	3.08	-$42.71M	-$0.10	-187.45

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SLG or DEI?

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

Does the media refer more to SLG or DEI?

In the previous week, Douglas Emmett had 10 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Douglas Emmett and 9 mentions for SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.82 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Douglas Emmett	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SLG or DEI a better dividend stock?

SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. SL Green Realty pays out -120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Emmett pays out -760.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Douglas Emmett is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Douglas Emmett beats SL Green Realty on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.