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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of VNO or CUZ?

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 1.9%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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 better earnings & valuation, 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	4.14	$70.39M	$0.04	970.10
Cousins Properties	$856.76M	5.89	$45.96M	$0.30	100.30

Does the media refer more to VNO or CUZ?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 8 more articles in the media than Cousins Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 6 mentions for Cousins Properties. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Cousins Properties' score of 0.91 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vornado Realty Trust	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cousins Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $37.98, suggesting a potential downside of 2.13%. Cousins Properties has a consensus price target of $33.11, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust received 242 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.21% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 59.21%	Underperform Votes 361 40.79%
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 282 56.85%	Underperform Votes 214 43.15%

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%

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust and Cousins Properties tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.