What Our Analysts Know About Simon Property

By Naomi Wentworth • Sunday, October 20 15:09 • Permanent Link

Simon Property logged a 1.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $176.92 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. SPG's trading volume is 657,791 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,437,476.

Simon Property trades 4.77% away from its average analyst target price of $168.87 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $145.0 to $200.0, and on average have given Simon Property a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in SPG, you'll want to know the following:

Simon Property's current price is 363.6% above its Graham number of $38.16, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Simon Property has moved 68.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 39.1%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 7.87, Simon Property has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
SPG has a forward P/E ratio of 27.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.39 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.85 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Simon Property is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 19.87 compared to its sector average of 2.15
Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG) is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT).
Based in Indianapolis, the company has 2,500 full time employees and a market cap of $66.33 Billion. Simon Property currently returns an annual dividend yield of 4.4%.

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