Realty Income (O) Competitors

Realty Income (NYSE:O) and Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is O or SPG more profitable?

Simon Property Group has a net margin of 43.36% compared to Realty Income's net margin of 17.57%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 76.21% beat Realty Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Realty Income	17.57%	2.35%	1.34%
Simon Property Group	43.36%	76.21%	7.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer O or SPG?

Simon Property Group received 348 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.78% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.19% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Realty Income	Outperform Votes 527 64.19%	Underperform Votes 294 35.81%
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 875 73.78%	Underperform Votes 311 26.22%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in O or SPG?

70.8% of Realty Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Realty Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is O or SPG a better dividend stock?

Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $8.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Realty Income pays out 301.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group pays out 109.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years. Realty Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, O or SPG?

Realty Income has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to O or SPG?

In the previous week, Realty Income had 13 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Realty Income and 22 mentions for Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Realty Income's score of 0.78 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Realty Income	18 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simon Property Group	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate O or SPG?

Realty Income currently has a consensus price target of $63.85, suggesting a potential upside of 12.25%. Simon Property Group has a consensus price target of $162.78, suggesting a potential downside of 10.02%. Given Realty Income's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Simon Property Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Realty Income	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Simon Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, O or SPG?

Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Realty Income. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Realty Income, 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
Realty Income	$4.08B	12.20	$872.31M	$1.05	54.17
Simon Property Group	$5.66B	10.43	$2.28B	$7.51	24.09

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.