SLG vs. KRC, HIW, DEI, EQC, CUZ, BXMT, MAC, IRT, GRP.U, and CTRE
Should you be buying SL Green Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SL Green Realty include Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Macerich (MAC), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), and CareTrust REIT (CTRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
SL Green Realty received 78 more outperform votes than Kilroy Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.25% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.
90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.79% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -64.45%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 3.75% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.
SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. SL Green Realty pays out -36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kilroy Realty pays out 120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 4 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SL Green Realty and 4 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.95 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SL Green Realty currently has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.13%. Kilroy Realty has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.68%. Given Kilroy Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats SL Green Realty on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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