Head to Head Survey: Nippon Building Fund (OTCMKTS:NBFJF) vs. SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG)

Nippon Building Fund (OTCMKTS:NBFJF) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.3% of Nippon Building Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by 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.

Profitability

This table compares Nippon Building Fund and SL Green Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nippon Building Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
SL Green Realty	-16.92%	-4.37%	-1.53%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Nippon Building Fund and SL Green Realty, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nippon Building Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00
SL Green Realty	2	10	7	0	2.26

SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $55.70, indicating a potential downside of 4.92%. Given SL Green Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Nippon Building Fund.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nippon Building Fund and SL Green Realty”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nippon Building Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SL Green Realty	$983.27 million	4.24	-$88.28 million	($2.73)	-21.46

Nippon Building Fund has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SL Green Realty.

Summary

SL Green Realty beats Nippon Building Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nippon Building Fund

NBF (Nippon Building Fund Inc.) is Japan's largest real estate investment trust (J-REIT) which invests in office buildings primarily in Tokyo as well as nationwide. its objective is to source the solid growth of the stable revenues from its assets through exploitation of Mitsui Fudossan's know-how.

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.