Financial Comparison: Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) & Horizon Group Properties (OTCMKTS:HGPI)

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and Horizon Group Properties (OTCMKTS:HGPI) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Group Properties has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Vornado Realty Trust and Horizon Group Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vornado Realty Trust	2	6	3	0	2.09
Horizon Group Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

Vornado Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $37.61, indicating a potential downside of 5.94%. Given Vornado Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vornado Realty Trust is more favorable than Horizon Group Properties.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vornado Realty Trust and Horizon Group Properties”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.77 billion	4.30	$105.49 million	($0.29)	-137.90
Horizon Group Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Group Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Vornado Realty Trust and Horizon Group Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vornado Realty Trust	0.46%	1.72%	0.48%
Horizon Group Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Horizon Group Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust beats Horizon Group Properties on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vornado Realty Trust

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

About Horizon Group Properties

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Horizon Group Properties, Inc. has 12 operating factory outlet centers and one power center in 10 states totaling more than 2.6 million square feet.