Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Competitors

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

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

96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQC or SLG?

SL Green Realty received 233 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.42% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.56%	Underperform Votes 240 44.44%
SL Green Realty	Outperform Votes 533 59.42%	Underperform Votes 364 40.58%

Which has more volatility and risk, EQC or SLG?

Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EQC or SLG more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -16.78%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 2.09% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equity Commonwealth	82.00%	2.09%	1.96%
SL Green Realty	-16.78%	-3.76%	-1.46%

Does the media favor EQC or SLG?

In the previous week, Equity Commonwealth and Equity Commonwealth both had 6 articles in the media. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Equity Commonwealth's score of 0.98 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
Equity Commonwealth	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SL Green Realty	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EQC or SLG?

SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $65.57, suggesting a potential downside of 13.31%. Given SL Green Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SL Green Realty	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, EQC or SLG?

Equity Commonwealth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, 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
Equity Commonwealth	$60.52M	35.61	$91.16M	$0.39	51.49
SL Green Realty	$852.12M	5.85	-$557.30M	-$2.50	-30.26

Summary

SL Green Realty beats Equity Commonwealth on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.