SL Green Realty Corporation (SLG): Today's Featured Real Estate Winner
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Chimera Investment Corporation
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IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones
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SL Green Realty Corp. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The firm engages in the property management, acquisitions, financing, development, construction, and leasing. It also provides tenant services to its clients. The firm invests in real estate markets of the United States. SL Green Realty Corporation has a market cap of $6.69 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 57.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate SL Green Realty Corporation a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates SL Green Realty Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.
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