Comparing Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR)

Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Mackenzie Realty Capital and Vornado Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mackenzie Realty Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
Vornado Realty Trust	4	6	4	0	2.00

Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $39.83, indicating a potential downside of 0.50%. Given Vornado Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vornado Realty Trust is more favorable than Mackenzie Realty Capital.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mackenzie Realty Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and Vornado Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mackenzie Realty Capital	-90.30%	-18.99%	-7.07%
Vornado Realty Trust	3.71%	1.37%	0.43%

Volatility and Risk

Mackenzie Realty Capital has a beta of -0.76, indicating that its stock price is 176% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and Vornado Realty Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mackenzie Realty Capital	$22.06 million	0.16	-$25.92 million	($6.15)	-0.25
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.83 billion	4.09	$904.96 million	$0.02	2,001.75

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Mackenzie Realty Capital. Mackenzie Realty Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust beats Mackenzie Realty Capital on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mackenzie Realty Capital

MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is a REIT which focused on investing in multifamily housing and office real estate properties located principally in the United States. MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is based in ORINDA, Calif.

About Vornado Realty Trust

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