Head to Head Review: SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) versus Empiric Student Property (OTCMKTS:EPCFF)

SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Empiric Student Property (OTCMKTS:EPCFF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for SL Green Realty and Empiric Student Property, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SL Green Realty	2	11	2	0	2.00
Empiric Student Property	0	0	0	0	0.00

SL Green Realty presently has a consensus target price of $66.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.12%. Given SL Green Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SL Green Realty and Empiric Student Property”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SL Green Realty	$913.71 million	5.75	-$557.30 million	($2.50)	-31.85
Empiric Student Property	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Empiric Student Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SL Green Realty.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares SL Green Realty and Empiric Student Property’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SL Green Realty	-16.78%	-3.76%	-1.46%
Empiric Student Property	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

SL Green Realty beats Empiric Student Property on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SL Green Realty

3SL Green Realty Corp., Manhattan’s largest office landlord, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is focused primarily on acquiring, managing and maximizing value of Manhattan commercial properties. As of June 30, 2022, SL Green held interests in 64 buildings totaling 34.4 million square feet. This included ownership interests in 26.3 million square feet of Manhattan buildings and 7.2 million square feet securing debt and preferred equity investments.

About Empiric Student Property

Empiric Student Property plc is a leading provider and operator of modern, predominantly direct-let, premium student accommodation serving key UK universities. Investing in both operating and development assets, Empiric is a fully integrated operational student property business focused on premium studio-led accommodation managed through its Hello Student operating platform, that is attractive to affluent growing student segments. The Company, an internally managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") incorporated in England and Wales, listed on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority, was admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange in June 2014. The Company is classified as a commercial company listed under chapter 6 of the UK Listing rules and as such is not an alternative investment fund ("AIF") for the purposes of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFMD") and is not required to provide investors with a Key information Document ("KID") in accordance with the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ("PRIIPs") regulations.