Analyzing Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) & Its Competitors

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) is one of 59 public companies in the “Office REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Vornado Realty Trust to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and risk.

Dividends

Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out -255.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Office REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.0% and pay out -4.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Vornado Realty Trust and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vornado Realty Trust	0.50%	0.19%	0.06%
Vornado Realty Trust Competitors	-16.57%	-7.28%	-0.09%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Vornado Realty Trust and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vornado Realty Trust	4	5	4	0	2.00
Vornado Realty Trust Competitors	946	2833	2691	25	2.28

Vornado Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $38.91, suggesting a potential upside of 8.48%. As a group, “Office REITs” companies have a potential upside of 3.73%. Given Vornado Realty Trust’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vornado Realty Trust is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust’s rivals have a beta of 1.02, suggesting that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Vornado Realty Trust and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.81 billion	$904.96 million	-123.68
Vornado Realty Trust Competitors	$531.01 million	-$49.56 million	15.07

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Vornado Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Vornado Realty Trust Company Profile

Vornado Realty Trust is a fully – integrated equity real estate investment trust.