Douglas Emmett (DEI) Competitors

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

Is DEI or SLG a better dividend stock?

Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Douglas Emmett pays out -760.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SL Green Realty pays out -120.0% 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.

Is DEI or SLG 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
Douglas Emmett	-1.68%	-0.43%	-0.17%
SL Green Realty	-16.78%	-3.76%	-1.46%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DEI or SLG?

SL Green Realty received 134 more outperform votes than Douglas Emmett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.46% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 399 59.46%	Underperform Votes 272 40.54%
SL Green Realty	Outperform Votes 533 59.42%	Underperform Votes 364 40.58%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DEI or SLG?

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
Douglas Emmett	$1.02B	2.97	-$42.71M	-$0.10	-180.80
SL Green Realty	$913.71M	5.51	-$557.30M	-$2.50	-30.53

Do analysts rate DEI or SLG?

Douglas Emmett currently has a consensus price target of $16.71, indicating a potential downside of 7.55%. SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $65.57, indicating a potential downside of 14.08%. Given Douglas Emmett's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than SL Green Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
SL Green Realty	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer DEI or SLG?

In the previous week, Douglas Emmett had 2 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Douglas Emmett and 3 mentions for SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.37 indicating that SL Green Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Douglas Emmett	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SL Green Realty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, DEI or SLG?

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DEI or SLG?

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

Summary

Douglas Emmett beats SL Green Realty on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.