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Safehold Inc.SAFECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts
Momentum laggard 15
Mkt cap
$750M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
69%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.43M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 6.6%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
A- / BBB
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
102 days
16 Feb 2027
Close · USD$10.59
1D-0.4%
1W-6.3%
1M-12.5%
3M-31.5%
6M-30.0%
YTD-22.6%
1Y-26.4%
ATR %4.2%
Beta0.52
52w lowhigh39.3% off high

What Safehold does

Employees: 72

Safehold at a glance

Size Safehold (SAFE) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $750M, the 2435th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $10.59 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 30.0%, against -7.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.1%); the operating margin is 73.6% (peer median 46.4%).

Valuation It trades at 6.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.7× (2nd cheapest of 17).

Credit Safehold has 4 bonds outstanding ($1.45B), rated A- by the agencies and trading like BBB at a weighted spread of 115 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 4.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 16 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 93SAFE 70
Six months, rebased to 100: Safehold against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Safehold financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$436M$387M$372M$356M$158M
Revenue growth—+4%+4%+125%—
Gross profit$383M$374M$358M$337M$37.5M
EBITDA$329M$318M$302M$282M-$32.2M
Net income$116M$114M$106M-$55.0M$421M
Free cash flow$43.8M$47.8M$90.3M$15.4M$200M
Capital expenditure$0$0$0$0$23.1M
Total debt$4.88B$4.65B$4.39B$4.13B$1.70B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Safehold competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-30%-20%-10%0%+10%-10%0%+10%SGR-UNJBGSJ85SCHLRCLDTCTO3305908958BFSARFAPZ8975PMTCQESTRW3287UIBUQ5TSVCSAFE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Safehold is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%20×40×SGR-UNJ85CTO3305908958BFSARFAPZ8975PMTCQESTRW3287SAFERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Safehold is the large dot.

Safehold competitors and peer comparison

How Safehold compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Safehold against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSAFEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-12.5%-0.2%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-30.0%-7.9%2nd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-39.3%-18.5%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.7%+6.1%6th highest of 19
Operating margin73.6%46.4%6th highest of 20
Forward P/E6.5×15.7×2nd cheapest of 17
Bond spread115 bpn/a—

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Safehold SAFEUnited States$750M-30%+13%74%6.5×n/an/a
Slate Grocery REIT SGR-UN.TOCanada$763M+8%+2%58%12.4×n/an/a
JBG SMITH Properties JBGSUnited States$729M-20%-1%0%n/an/an/a
CDL Hospitality Trusts J85.SISingapore$725M-10%+4%28%15.6×n/an/a
Helios Re Socimi SCHLR.MCSpain$779M0%n/a76%22.2×n/an/a
Chatham Lodging Trust CLDTUnited States$722M+56%-3%10%n/an/an/a
CTO Realty Growth CTOUnited States$783M0%+16%25%50.1×n/an/a
LOTTE REIT 330590.KSSouth Korea$792M-16%+13%67%24.4×n/an/a
Global One Real Estate Investment 8958.TJapan$707M-17%-11%30%11.5×n/an/a
Saul Centers BFSUnited States$705M-19%+9%40%50.1×n/an/a
Arena REIT ARF.AXAustralia$801M-13%+7%98%13.8×n/an/a
Aspen APZ.AXAustralia$802M+6%+31%34%24.1×n/an/a
Millerful No 1 Real Estate Investment Trust 01010T.TWTaiwan$698M0%+4%81%n/an/an/a
Ichigo Office REIT Investment 8975.TJapan$816M-6%-18%46%10.5×n/an/a
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust PMTUnited States$685M-29%+11%80%5.8×n/an/a
Charter Hall Social Infrastructure REIT CQE.AXAustralia$681M+4%+12%72%14.6×n/an/a
Strawberry Fields REIT STRWUnited States$678M-5%+18%54%15.7×n/an/a
Hoshino Resorts REIT 3287.TJapan$831M-11%+44%39%16.4×n/an/a
UI Boustead REIT UIBU.SISingapore$831M-5%n/an/a13.5×n/an/a
Far East Hospitality Trust Q5T.SISingapore$831M-10%+6%75%16.1×n/an/a
Service Properties Trust SVCUnited States$673M-37%-12%11%n/an/an/a

Safehold bonds and credit

Safehold has 4 bonds outstanding with $1.45B face value. The agencies rate it A-; its bonds trade like BBB. Weighted yield 5.88%, a spread of 115 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Which companies are Safehold's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Slate Grocery REIT (SGR-UN.TO), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), CDL Hospitality Trusts (J85.SI), Helios Re Socimi (SCHLR.MC), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), CTO Realty Growth (CTO), LOTTE REIT (330590.KS), Global One Real Estate Investment (8958.T).
Is Safehold expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.5× against a peer median of 15.7×, 2nd cheapest of 17 in its peer set.
How has Safehold stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -30.0% against -7.9% for the median peer; over one year -26.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.