VNO vs. CUZ, LXP, AAT, EPRT, KRG, RITM, KRC, AIRC, PECO, and IRT
Should you be buying Vornado Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vornado Realty Trust include Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Rithm Capital (RITM), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), and Independence Realty Trust (IRT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
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.
Cousins Properties presently has a consensus target price of $23.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.64%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $24.55, indicating a potential downside of 0.75%. Given Vornado Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.
Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cousins Properties pays out 261.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 200.0% 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 has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vornado Realty Trust received 250 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.
94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Cousins Properties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 11 mentions for Cousins Properties. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Cousins Properties' score of 0.58 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cousins Properties has a net margin of 9.15% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 5.07%. Cousins Properties' return on equity of 3.02% beat Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Cousins Properties and Vornado Realty Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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