SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) versus CBL & Associates Properties (OTCMKTS:CBLAQ) Financial Review

SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and CBL & Associates Properties (OTCMKTS:CBLAQ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares SL Green Realty and CBL & Associates Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SL Green Realty	2.48%	-0.10%	-0.04%
CBL & Associates Properties	6.19%	10.34%	1.38%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for SL Green Realty and CBL & Associates Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SL Green Realty	1	11	3	0	2.13
CBL & Associates Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

SL Green Realty currently has a consensus target price of $69.87, suggesting a potential upside of 17.45%. Given SL Green Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than CBL & Associates Properties.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SL Green Realty and CBL & Associates Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SL Green Realty	$886.27 million	4.79	$30.65 million	$0.08	743.59
CBL & Associates Properties	$535.29 million	N/A	$6.55 million	N/A	N/A

SL Green Realty has higher revenue and earnings than CBL & Associates Properties.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are held by company 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.

Summary

SL Green Realty beats CBL & Associates Properties on 6 of the 10 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 CBL & Associates Properties

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which owns and operates retail properties. The firm engages in owning, developing, acquiring, leasing, managing and operating regional shopping malls, open-air centers, community centers and office properties. It operates through Malls and All Other segments. Its properties include Malls, Associated Centers, Community Centers, Office Buildings, Construction Properties and Mortgages. The company was founded on July 13, 1993 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, TN.