Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) Competitors

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is VNO or CUZ a better dividend stock?

Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 1,850.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties pays out 426.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Cousins Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty Trust, 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
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.79B	3.81	$70.39M	$0.04	887.50
Cousins Properties	$856.76M	5.42	$45.96M	$0.30	92.23

Is VNO or CUZ more profitable?

Cousins Properties has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 3.94%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.60% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vornado Realty Trust	3.94%	1.60%	0.44%
Cousins Properties	5.36%	1.00%	0.58%

Do analysts rate VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.04%. Cousins Properties has a consensus target price of $32.70, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Cousins Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust received 239 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.94% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 58.94%	Underperform Votes 365 41.06%
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 285 56.89%	Underperform Votes 216 43.11%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VNO or CUZ?

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to VNO or CUZ?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Cousins Properties. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 8 mentions for Cousins Properties. Cousins Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Vornado Realty Trust's score of 1.26 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vornado Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cousins Properties	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cousins Properties beats Vornado Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.