Head to Head Review: Realty Income (NYSE:O) versus CBL & Associates Properties (OTCMKTS:CBLAQ)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Realty Income and CBL & Associates Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Realty Income	0	9	4	0	2.31
CBL & Associates Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

Realty Income presently has a consensus target price of $61.15, suggesting a potential upside of 5.05%. Given Realty Income’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Realty Income is more favorable than CBL & Associates Properties.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Realty Income	$5.27 billion	9.97	$860.77 million	$1.10	52.92
CBL & Associates Properties	$515.56 million	N/A	$58.97 million	N/A	N/A

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

70.8% of Realty Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Realty Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of CBL & Associates Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Realty Income	18.15%	2.51%	1.42%
CBL & Associates Properties	12.82%	22.40%	2.69%

Summary

Realty Income beats CBL & Associates Properties on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Realty Income

Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company, is an S&P 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. We invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. The company is structured as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and its monthly dividends are supported by the cash flow from over 15,450 real estate properties (including properties acquired in the Spirit merger in January 2024) primarily owned under long-term net lease agreements with commercial clients. To date, the company has declared 644 consecutive monthly dividends on its shares of common stock throughout its 55-year operating history and increased the dividend 123 times since Realty Income’s public listing in 1994 (NYSE: O).

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.