RPT Realty (RPT) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SPG or RPT?

Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPT Realty has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPG or RPT?

Simon Property Group received 606 more outperform votes than RPT Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 48.31% of users gave RPT Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 878 73.72%	Underperform Votes 313 26.28%
RPT Realty	Outperform Votes 272 48.31%	Underperform Votes 291 51.69%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SPG or RPT?

93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of RPT Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of RPT Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend SPG or RPT?

Simon Property Group currently has a consensus price target of $178.44, suggesting a potential downside of 4.88%. RPT Realty has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Given RPT Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RPT Realty is more favorable than Simon Property Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simon Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
RPT Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is SPG or RPT more profitable?

Simon Property Group has a net margin of 41.49% compared to RPT Realty's net margin of -173.69%. Simon Property Group's return on equity of 74.02% beat RPT Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simon Property Group	41.49%	74.02%	7.46%
RPT Realty	-173.69%	-7.74%	-1.95%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SPG or RPT?

Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than RPT Realty. RPT Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simon Property Group, 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
Simon Property Group	$5.96B	10.26	$2.37B	$7.26	25.84
RPT Realty	$52.87M	2.96	-$91.83M	-$2.85	-1.16

Is SPG or RPT a better dividend stock?

Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $8.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. RPT Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Simon Property Group pays out 115.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RPT Realty pays out -8.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RPT Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor SPG or RPT?

In the previous week, Simon Property Group had 33 more articles in the media than RPT Realty. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Simon Property Group and 2 mentions for RPT Realty. Simon Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat RPT Realty's score of -0.01 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Simon Property Group	19 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RPT Realty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Simon Property Group beats RPT Realty on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.