Simon Property Group (SPG) Competitors

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

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 5.8%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $8.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 111.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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, 73.68% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 63.92% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Realty Income	Outperform Votes 528 63.92%	Underperform Votes 298 36.08%
Simon Property Group	Outperform Votes 876 73.68%	Underperform Votes 313 26.32%

Do analysts rate O or SPG?

Realty Income currently has a consensus target price of $62.12, suggesting a potential upside of 13.72%. Simon Property Group has a consensus target price of $172.10, suggesting a potential downside of 1.25%. Given Realty Income's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21
Simon Property Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the media refer more to O or SPG?

In the previous week, Realty Income had 43 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Realty Income and 13 mentions for Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 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	32 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Simon Property Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, O or SPG?

Realty Income has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of O or SPG?

70.8% of Realty Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Realty Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Simon Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$5.01B	9.55	$872.31M	$1.05	52.02
Simon Property Group	$5.66B	10.05	$2.28B	$7.51	23.21

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.