SLG vs. BXP, KRC, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, DLR, and ARE
Should you be buying SL Green Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SL Green Realty include Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
SL Green Realty vs.
SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 4 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Boston Properties and 5 mentions for SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.15 indicating that SL Green Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SL Green Realty presently has a consensus price target of $68.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.83%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Boston Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
Boston Properties received 123 more outperform votes than SL Green Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote while only 59.03% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.
Boston Properties has a net margin of 10.75% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -16.78%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 4.40% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.
SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. SL Green Realty pays out -123.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boston Properties pays out 169.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Boston Properties beats SL Green Realty on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
