SPG vs. O, KIM, PSA, DLR, CCI, WELL, EXR, VICI, AVB, and EQR
Should you be buying Simon Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simon Property Group include Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), Public Storage (PSA), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), Welltower (WELL), Extra Space Storage (EXR), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), and Equity Residential (EQR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Realty Income (NYSE:O) and Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Realty Income had 21 more articles in the media than Simon Property Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Realty Income and 14 mentions for Simon Property Group. Realty Income's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Realty Income presently has a consensus target price of $61.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.33%. Simon Property Group has a consensus target price of $141.40, suggesting a potential downside of 4.97%. Given Simon Property Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Simon Property Group.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Realty Income pays out 285.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Simon Property Group pays out 99.4% 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 raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years and Simon Property Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Realty Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
Simon Property Group received 353 more outperform votes than Realty Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 64.59% of users gave Realty Income an outperform vote.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 46.49% compared to Simon Property Group's net margin of 17.74%. Realty Income's return on equity of 78.50% beat Simon Property Group's return on equity.
Realty Income has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats Realty Income on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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